Shorter Broder: The Bigger the Criminal Enterprise, the lesser the punishment

MATLOCK just a few minutes ago in a WaPo Chat:

New York, NY: Mr. Broder, with your (and many others') column advocating for not investigating the Bush Administration's possible war crimes, can there be any debate that the prime function of our national media -- and the Post in particular -- is to urge that wrongdoing on the part of our highest government officials be concealed rather than exposed? What amazes me is that it's the exact opposite function of the one the "free press" long pretended (and still claim) to perform: to expose government secrets and hold government officials accountable for wrongdoing. Why this shift on this issue by you and other journalists?

David S. Broder: It does not represent any such shift. What it represents is a recognition that when we are figting two wars and struggling with the biggest economic mess in 75 years, other issues are more important.

They committed TOO BIG A CRIME TO BE PUNISHED!

By this theory, Charlie Manson should have a show on FoxNews.