What we have here is a historic event. And a pitiful press corps.
Yesterday, Nancy Pelosi became the first woman our democratic system has placed in a national leadership role. She is now third in line to the Presidency. And the media reaction ... Democratic disarray! Nancy's a loooz-r!
It's a tawdry tale of a shallow DC press world, but the most important part of it is the stereotyping, and the latent sexism that still runs through our society ... so jump below, and--special bonus--we'll take a look at how the NYTimes treated the exact same situation in 1994 ...