That old phrase was always ironic, but now it's a bad joke. The men and women of the media tend to be a despicable lot, with a few heroic exceptions. One is Bill Moyers, who really is a gentleman. Glenn Greenwald, someone else who qualifies, praises Bill for his intelligent and civil report on the colonial war against Gaza. Notes Glenn:

The most striking aspect is that sober, fact-based, even-handed commentary like this about Israel automatically subjects one to widespread, profoundly ugly accusations of being "anti-Israel" and even "anti-Semitic," to the point where not a single U.S. Senator and no House member other than a handful dare utter anything other than unquestioning support for Israeli actions, such that most members of the U.S. Congress are, literally, far more willing to question and oppose American military actions than Israel's military actions (the establishment discussion rules are virtually identical to those that prevailed in the pre-Iraq-war days, though even more rigidly enforced: one can question the efficacy of the Israeli attack from the perspective of Israeli interests, but may not question its morality, legality or justifiability).

Here, by the way, are the five congressmen who didn't agree that the poor are making the rich kill them, and that US government should fund and cheer it: Ron Paul (R-TX), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Nick Rahal (D-WVA), and Maxine Waters (D-CA).