The futility of old media in our decentralized age can’t be better demonstrated than when New York City tabloids decide to attack a politician they don’t like and define an election–and no one cares. That’s been the case with Eliot Spitzer, who’s been excoriated by the New York Daily News and New York Post in the days since reentering politics, yet has been received fairly well by the electorate. He’s been torn down much more viciously than Anthony Weiner since the latter jumped into the Mayoral race, probably because Spitzer actually had sex during his sex scandal. From the Wall Street Journal:

“Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer leads Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer by nine percentage points in the race for New York City comptroller, according to a Wall Street Journal-NBC 4 New York-Marist poll.

Among registered Democrats, including those who are undecided but leaning toward a candidate, Mr. Spitzer outpaces Mr. Stringer 42% to 33% in the Democratic primary, the poll showed. Nearly a quarter of voters were undecided, but two-thirds of Democrats, or 67%, said they believe Mr. Spitzer, who resigned as governor five years ago after he was caught patronizing prostitutes, should be given a second chance.”