The wisdom of reporting and not meddling

Bill Safire pooh-poohs the media's crisis mentality over blogs. I don't remember where I read it, probably Instapundit, but it's been noted that the best thing CBS could have done about Rathergate was acknowledge the blunder and thank bloggers for bringing it to their attention. That would be reporting.

But there is a lot of hubris in the media world, which, as we English majors know, is the set up for a tragedic downfall.

Safire's wisdom is to the effect that things will change and we'll all adjust to them. Maybe that's a good test for whether you're overweening: if you're worried that events are slipping out of your control, you're out of touch with reality, since you never had control in the first place.