Where does he fit into your synopsis?
Or . . .
Not all writing is journalism. Journalism defines itself by its deadlines first of all, and secondly by its affectation of objectivity.The deadline has the effect of demanding of the journalist that something which happened - or at least was learned about - since the last deadline shall be deemed to be "important." Significant enough to demand the public's attention. All very well, if the Titanic sank yesterday - but what are the odds that you would be able to recall any portion of the front page headline story of The New York Times ten years ago today? The deadline is simply, "The show must go on," applied to topical nonfiction entertainment.
The affectation of objectivity - the classic formulation of which is The Times' "All the news that's fit to print" - has an ironic effect. A serious reader will always discount statements of fact by the estimated effect of the reporter's own perspective. For example, you as the reader of this note understand that I am a conservative who wishes to inspire people to reevaluate the position journalism is accorded in America. You as the reader will naturally scrutinize my arguments for unstated assumptions which call my conclusions into question. And I want your feedback especially if you do find a flaw in my reasoning.
But the "objective" journalist lays down the word from on high, demanding with the force of journalism's PR power that the perspective of journalism be accepted as the perspective of society. The fallacy lies in the fact that journalism's perspective - which systematically focuses on the unusual and atypical rather than the ordinary and the representative event - is good for entertainment but filters out the work people do every day. It is a blinkered perspective which ignores most things that are really important.
Political leftism is a planted axiom of the "objective journalist" perspective. Frank opinion pieces such as those by Mark Steyn et al are entirely different because they do not implictly patronize the reader. Journalism does.