This close race on the Democratic side ought to be the occasion of a moment of pause and reflection on the part of the mainstream media, whose coverage of the past five days in New Hampshire has clearly been a disgrace and a disaster. It’s clear from the results that the news audience was completely misled by the reporters and editors and pundits who blanketed New Hampshire after Barack Obama’s victory and led most people to believe Obama was going to win the state by 15 or 20 points as late as 6 pm tonight. They wanted it and they saw it in every tea leaf. Don’t worry, though; there will be no self-examination. They don’t go in for it.