LA Times's coverage of Reid's comment exactly what you'd expect

In 2004 I wrote of the L.A. Times:

“When the paper disagrees with criticism of a [politician], it is portrayed as an attack by political opponents. When the paper agrees with the criticism, the criticism becomes a mysterious and disembodied (but ever-growing) entity. Doubts grow. Criticism emerges.”

Sure enough, the L.A. Times spin on the Harry Reid story portrays the controversy as the GOP opening fire on Reid…