Uh-huh. The guy would be horrified at the thought of the GM board being in charge of the regulation of the auto industry or Exxon writing environmental standards for the oil industry but journalists can be trusted to monitor and regulate their industry?
It'd be sweet for them, I'll grant that. The New Republic would never have been caught, Dan Rather would be celebrated as a hero "speaking truth to power" and Jason Blair would still be writing for the NY Times. For a picture of what that world would be like just recall what it used to look like - I.F. Stone and Walter Duranty.
Let's speak frankly here - journalism is, at the moment, one of the most corrupt, shameless, manipulative, arrogant, out of control, celebrity-choked travesties in any industry anywhere. I would no more trust its luminaries to guard my flow of information than I would trust Oprah to guard my Twinkie stash. Some things are too stupid to even consider.
Well said.
Dayummm, will that fit into a tag-line?
...good-un, Bill. ;^)