In 1995, during Hillbilly* II. And guess who started it: Michael Schurer! Or so he claims in an interview with Die Wald. http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/051228161155.nt4rpl2e.html And guess what: The Bush administration decided to keep the terrorists instead of turning them over... you know so they could put on some weight. Sachin *Yes, I know the common term in Billary, but we should always mind our manners and put the lady first, hence Hillbilly.
So guess how much of this has been discussed in the NYT and the WAPO? Nada. The MSM could pretend to be even-handed in their reporting so long as the Democrats were in power. There was no need to do anything special since their views were already being represented. With the Democrats out of power for years -- the Bubba presidency was offset be the loss of both houses of Congress to the Republicans -- the mask of objectivity has fallen away entirely. Compounding the MSM's problem is their other loss of power to the alternate media. They no longer monopolize information in the internet and talk radio age.