The mainstream press coverage (Romenesko has a list) of Brit Hume’s interview yesterday with Vice President Dick Cheney is following a couple of themes — that Hume soft-balled Cheney and that it’s not over. I was especially struck by this line from a Howard Kurtz report in the Washington Post:

“Going to Brit Hume doesn’t solve Dick Cheney’s crisis problem,” said Lanny Davis, a Democratic lawyer and damage-control specialist. “It’s not because Brit Hume works for Fox, because Hume is a tough reporter. It’s because it doesn’t address the elephant-in-the-room issue, which is Dick Cheney and his refusal to be open with the press.”