Ed Rogers points out that the years of obsequious media shilling for Democrats hasn't exactly been good for their long term health

Poor pitiful Dems: shielded from reality by their media friends who don't think they can handle honest scrutiny.

They're probably right.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2014/11/17/the-insiders-where-is-the-scrutiny-of-the-democratic-party/