They waited too long?

Cheney is now in the doghouse with the media (I know, you're shocked) over something the media takes very personally: how fast the information reached the media.

That's right. People aren't upset about the fact that Cheney was shooting a gun. At least that's not the big issue. The issue is that the American public didn't know immediately!

Bush Knew Saturday About Hunting Accident

WASHINGTON - President Bush knew Saturday evening that Vice President Dick Cheney had accidentally shot a hunting companion, but the information wasn't made public until the next day by a private citizen the White House said Monday.
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The White House did not inform the national media of the accident....

The media does not have a right to be informed. They have a right to search for and find information, but they don't have the right to receive all information they decide is (or was) interesting.