Goldberg contends that the mainstream media crossed an important line in the 2008 presidential race, moving from a liberal bias to crass partisianship as spin doctors for Barack Obama.

Includes index.

The media's get out of jail free card -- Pansy Ball -- Good night and go... -- White liberal guilt -- PDS -- My conversation with Rush Limbaugh -- Hey, I'm just asking... -- Jeremiah Wright and the media: don't tell, don't ask -- Joe the dirty rotten bastard -- Masquerading as the news -- Give me a break, I was only eight years old -- Life in the bubble -- Or maybe it does... -- Plane-gate -- The unfairness doctrine -- Now they tell us -- It is what it is -- Ten questions for Barack Obama -- Who beat John McCain? -- Welcome to Bamalot -- The fix -- On the road to oblivion? -- Media activism: a case study.