Pundit monoculture
Why does the mere sight of David Broder, Bob Shrum, E. J. Dionne, or Peggy Noonan on television make me want to kill myself?" Mr. Shafer wrote. Did he really need to ask?
-- Jack Shafer
Jack Shafer, the editor at large for Slate, spoke for a lot of folks when he let rip recently about the dreary hegemony exercised over the presidential campaign by the same 10 pundits mouthing canned political "insights" as they wagged their big bobbleheads.