What you may be missing is the fact that Ari Berman, the author of
the Rolling Stone article, was a member of JournoList - an email group of approximately 400 progressive and socialist journalists, academics and new media activists who were caught discussing how to shape the news to advance Barack Obama's campaign and agenda and stop Sarah Palin, John McCain and the Republican Party. Many of Obama's staff and appointments were also on the email list. In the above description, the word "jounalist" is used loosely.