Mainstream Journalists Suck
The online Wall Street Journal published a column from Paul Mulshine of the Newark Star-Ledger in which Mulshine bitched and moaned over the loss of “real” journalism in favor of bloggers. (The irony that he is bitching about bloggers on a blog seems to escape Mr. Mulshine). The mainstream media is still trying to come to terms that intelligent people are now turning to the web to gather information. It seems that Mr. Mulshine and his ilk are reminiscing over the good old days when they acted as gatekeepers of information and had the power to exclude unpopular opinions. Those days are now over as people are able to carry their message without the mainstream media’s permission. Of course, this pisses off the government and their mainstream media lapdog. Gone are the good old days in which being a journalist meant confronting the establishment and exposing corruption. Years ago, the primary qualifications to become a good reporter included the ability to write well and have a sense of do...