Reply #30: Strategically speaking - not yet.

[Justitia]

Got a painful inside look at all things media via the Dean campaign.

Some suggestions:

DO NOT take on "The Media" as an unfaced bogeyman publicly.

DO name those mainstream "reporters / journalists" who consistently slant against the candidate, party, liberals, etc.
Examples: Dowd, Krauthammer, Safire, AP writers like Fournier, Pickler, etc. Do point out their consistent, individual biases.

While never issuing a general edict like "We do not associate with Fox News or their minions", DO NOT make it easy for any of them to have direct contact with the candidate or his campaign.
DO NOT give easy access to the enemy.
Instead, be cheerfully and regretfully hard to get a hold of.
DO NOT give them credibility by accepting their "journalistic credentials" via unfettered access (which they absolutely will use to GOP advantage).
You don't supply the enemy ammo with which to shoot you.

Now, after we win the White House, all bets are off.