Marty Kaplan: NH is the News Media's Katrina

Perhaps the best quote on the horse race coverage goes to USC professor Marty Kaplan writing at the Huffington Post:

I wonder whether this humiliating turnabout, played out in real time over a very short period right in front of the American people, could be the MSM's Katrina. Political media, you've done a heckuva job.

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