Decius wrote:
] ] "I think that bloggers have put the issue of
] ] professionalism under attack," said Thomas McPhail,
] ] professor of media studies at the University of
] ] Missouri-St. Louis, who argues that journalists should be
] ] professionally credentialed. "They have no pretense to
] ] objectivity. They don't cover both sides."
]
] This article seems to be pissing people off. I think its good.
] If the press isn't spinning you you're not doing something
] useful.

This seems like a good time to mention some of my favorite Rumsfeld's Rules:

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

Don't divide the world into "them" and "us."

See more at

http://www.memestreams.net/thread/bid9836/

The idea that there are automatically two sides to every issue or problem is a conceit whose time has long since passed. The American tendency to indulge in this naivete is perhaps a consequence of the entrenched "two party system" in the US -- conveniently on display this week.

Those who follow politics around the world, in all its myriad complexity, must find this quite amusing.

RE: The New York Times - The Internet: Web Diarists Are Now Official Members of Convention Press Corps