Jake Tapper, great American hero

I've come to despise the field of "journalism." Especially journalism as carried out by The Washington Post. Ever since they wrote about the 'sunlight gleaming off of Obama's chiseled pecs,' or some other such drivel, I vowed off of the Post and its ilk.

That's not to say I disrespect Obama or the enormity of the job before him, but rather I cannot respect any legitimate news source that prints such fawning adulation and over-the-top platitudes about anyone at all. While I am not particularly a Bush fan, I don't think he deserves the vitriol that seems reserved for him. Nor do I think particularly badly of Obama, but I don't think he deserves the messianic fervor that many celebrities, legitimate opinion leaders and media seem to bestow on him.

And all of that is why I'm such a big fan of Jake Tapper. Obama's entire campaign - in fact I daresay his entire brand positioning for his administration - is around change, transparency and ethics. So when Jake Tapper actually asked some pointed questions of his press secretary, it was an exchange worthy of noting and feeling better about.

Tapper showed class and restraint while asking follow-up questions that held the press secretary accountable for his words. And that's as it should be. Pertinent questions, indeed. In fact, Jake Tapper's questions were the first pertinent questions I've heard asked of an Obama spokesperson during the campaign, much less post-election.