Conservative media? *What* conservative media?
From your article:
Here's the difference between then and now: No one was paying attention then. Today, the right-wing media infrastructure is so pervasive, its opposition researchers, broadcast proselytizers, and think-tankers so disciplined and coordinated, that any leftist misstep is immediately amplified through its echo chamber of talk radio and Murdoch media and spread to every breakfast table in America.
So OK, the NYT and the Washington Post have tracked down the Swift Boat financiers and producers. But let's not pretend that the poor li'l conservatives are cowering in their houses of straw and sticks while the Big Bad Liberal Media huff and puff and blow their houses down, OK?