Oh right, the press a bunch of liberal scumbags.
The same press acted exactly the same as it is now when Clinton was being impeached. The same press was gossipping about Monica Lewinsky long before any government action was taken. The same press acted exactly the same when he was being accused of various stuff related to the Whitewater real estate scandal. The same press acted exactly the same when they trotted out Paula Jones and Genniffer Flowers.
One of the few constants in a country where there is a free press, is that the media will dig up dirt. They dig up dirt on whoever is in office. It just so happens that we have a Republican administration at the moment, so surprise surprise, that's who the dirt is going to be about.
As for the Iraq crystal ball comment, one hypothetical scenario that might have occurred at an undeterminable point in the future is hardly means for throwing away over 100 years of precedent and launching a preemptive strike, and that's all I'll say about that.
And about the original article, it's stupid too. Oh look, another right wing war hawk is talking about how times ain't like they used to be and making totally speculative claims about how if WWII happened now, it would have been so much worse because of the supposedly liberal scumbag media. It's completely pointless to compare attitudes about events that happened 60 years ago and move them into the present time just to make some roundabout "point" (and there really is none here) about how people who don't fall in line with protectionist paranoia are somehow less worthy of breathing the same air as those who do.
To all of ye, I say this: bah!