News flash: Rove not a fan of U.S. media

Karl Rove on the media: "Reporters now see their role less as discovering facts and fair-mindedly reporting the truth and more as being put on the earth to afflict the comfortable, to be a constant thorn of those in power, whether they are Republican or Democrat." (WP)

And that's why the comfortable and those in power are always bitching about the media. But that's sort of the point of a free press, dontcha think? Unfortunately our leaders have proven that they need afflicting--otherwise known as "accountability."