Matthew Yglesias on Mike Allen's prediction that the bogus Washington Times flag story would dominate cable news today:

Allen's response is, I think, the most infuriating. Everyone knows that Mike Allen is an important political reporter. His morning “Playbook,” in particular, helps set the agenda for the whole next day of moronic political buzz. When he writes up a stupid story, he's not passively predicting that people will be buzzing about it, he's helping to make it happen. In this case, it didn't work. Today's cable news has, overwhelmingly, been about an actual policy question—Obama's housing plan. And good for cable. But no thanks to Mike Allen.