Boys on the plane.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: TILTING at windmills - White House press corps - Brief article

There is some good news. I was, for example, delighted to hear from Brian Stelter of the New York Times that press flights have been sharply curtailed in the last few months, a victim of cost cutting by news organizations that are struggling to stay profitable.

Stelter is talking about the chartered planes that used to fly much of the White House press corps on trips taken by the president. I could never understand why all this journalistic talent was needed to cover every presidential trip. It seemed to me that beyond five or six competent reporters little...