This explains the media's behavior....

They're on drugs!

This explains poor judgement and an inability to tell the difference between scientific fact and unsupported conjecture.

I think we should support Bonds in this. In fact, let's open congressional inquiries on journalistic drug use and the effect on the quality of research that goes into stories. Perhaps random drug testing and/or drug tests based on the authorship of outrageous stories that have little basis in fact (or those that dredge up a 1700 year old story as if its new).

The difference being... baseball players are becoming better at doing their job... apparently establishment journalists are getting the leftovers and simply rotting out their brains.

Or, maybe the spend too much time hiding in potted plants skulking for a story.