We usually know what Glenn Reynolds thinks, but the temperature is low at Instapundit. Today he is prompted to comment at (relative) length: “So we’ve had nearly 8 years of lefty assassination fantasies about George W. Bush, and Bill Ayers’ bombing campaign is explained away as a consequence of him having just felt so strongly about social justice, but a few people yell things at McCain rallies and suddenly it’s a sign that anger is out of control in American politics?” Dry, laconic and link-filled, Reynold’s post gives context. He blames the media; reading the comments at the NYTimes, I begin to see different narratives built on different perceptions of how McCain’s crowd acts and the appropriate response to Palin & her children. I wonder what is true and what is projection – and how we will ever know. One thing the media’s biases have done is make us doubt its reporting. I’m not sure what was actually chanted at that McCain rally – chants reported in a way that angered John Lewis, set off some of the commentors and led to McCain’s apology. Surely, however, defenses of booing don’t come from an understanding of civility. (Gateway Pundit)