SOD Rumsfeld keeps saying, "you're not listening" to members of the press. The press isn't listening. Every week the military leaders, the troops, the President - members of the administration keep repeating the same basic facts - and they are facts, not spin.
They will keep repeating the facts for us, not the press, imho. I don't think anyone in this administration expects this press to listen - or to value truth and report the facts.
Sometimes you can see a glimmer of playfulness when SOD Rumsfeld once more gets a really dopey, uninformed, lazy, unprofessional question from a reporter who should know better. A sense of humor helps these days. (^;