""The salivating morons who make up the lynch mob prevail," said Steve Lovelady, who edits the web site of the Columbia Journalism Review."...
Now this is funny. I am amazed by people like the esteemed (in his mind, at least) Steve Lovelady, Columbia Journalism Review, who take themselves so seriously. In case anyone here is unclear, "journalism", as practiced today, is the realm of the "C" student. It is not a hard science, it is not even sociology, it is a farce. Today's "journalist" is no more of a writer or thinker than most anyone who posts up here on FreeRepublic. I'll match him up against the legendary "IronJack" or "JohnHuang2" any day of the week; there are many others who turn a deft phrase.
Just because Mr. Lovelady edits a publication with the name "Columbia" attached to it does not mean he is more qualified to do so than you or me. The main "qualification" he likely has for his post is a left-wing outlook and democrat voting record. That's it. These people are as phony as the democrats they revere - kerry, the clintons, the kennedys, and that ilk, and are no smarter. Which, come to think of it, is not that big a stretch anyway in the case of kerry, et al.
I am curious as to what Mr. Lovelady would say to me, among other things holder of a PhD in a hard science. Am I a "moron"? I know I am a better thinker and writer than the esteemed one, and certainly because of FreeRepublic and other sites, I know far more about what is really going on in the world than some clown in New York.
Get off it, Mr. Lovelady, you and your kind are history!
I would argue that "Journalizm" has NEVER been a profession, that these people are glorified reporters and news-readers, and that they need to stick with the FACTS and leave the OPINIONS to others. Or face consequences when they step over the line into sedition and treason.