"The line between journalism and politics has been fuzzy for a long time. So many people have crossed it, some of them more than once ... At the very most, there's been a revolving door in the wall, through which politicians and journalists have passed on occasion, changing roles as they moved from side to side. This year, however, the door was blown off its hinges and in the process the news media's already shaky credibility took yet another hit." (Quoted from article)