Journalists and aristocrats and senators, oh my!

God bless Victor Davis Hanson for so frequently and eloquently telling it like it is.  In this case, he compares press treatment of Sarah Palin and Caroline Kennedy at NRO’s Media Blog:

But, no, the real embarrassment proves to be the media itself that apparently can’t see this weird unfolding self-incriminating morality tale: It is not just that Palin is conservative, Kennedy politically-correct (e.g., pro-abortion, gun control, gay marriage, etc), or Palin a newcomer to public attention, Kennedy a celebrity since childhood. Rather it is the aristocratic value system of most NY-DC journalists themselves who apparently still assume that old money, status, and an Ivy-League pedigree are reliable barometers of talent and sobriety, suggesting that the upper-East Side Kennedy’s public ineptness is an aberration, a bad day, a minor distraction, while Palin’s charisma and ease are superficial and a natural reflection of her Idaho sports journalism degree.

This is what has always made the media so insufferable. Their nose-in-the-air snobbery, their conviction that they are just so much smarter than their readers, when all they really are is more ideologically pure and driven.

H/T: Sister Toldjah, whose post has some very interesting comments.