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What really galls me is the pretense most reporters, journalists, and writers make of being "objective."

This is utter hogwash- everyone, right, left, or center, has biases, viewpoints, and a body of life experiences that color their perceptions- it is far better to acknowledge "where you come from" and try to compensate, than pretend to be "fair."

I don't know. I think being fair is important.

But, I would not say "objective," as nobody can be perfectly objective. But, a journalist should try hard to be fair and give both sides a good amount of press in the same article.

This is utter hogwash- everyone, right, left, or center, has biases, viewpoints, and a body of life experiences that color their perceptions- it is far better to acknowledge "where you come from" and try to compensate, than pretend to be "fair."

Leaning far left gives a biased perspective that those in the center appear as though they're on the right and that those on the right are over the edge. The same goes for people on the right as they look through the center toward the left.

The rarest of the rare are the the few that stand above -- neither left, right or center -- and see the "stage" below for what it is, the lesser of evils always begets evil. Aside from a few hard-copy financial newsletters, the few exist almost exclusively on the Internet. Though bits and pieces of their work is occasionally republished off line.

Those precious few are part of Cassandra's Copernican Revolution.

"There is a long-standing tradition in the mainstream press of middle-of-the-road journalism that is objective and fair."

The blatant arrogance of that CBS exec's statement is mind boggling.

The real Fox News Effect is this--
The first major TV news organization to not be a shill for the liberals has had a great impact.