Today's Best of the Web Today quotes Bonnie Erbe who is shocked, shocked, that some journalists made money working for Enron. What I find interesting, besides BOTW's point that Erbe isn't exactly pure herself, is her line that she "chose to work as a journalist for the chance to right wrongs and enlighten the public." BOTW says "Good for you, Bonnie!" I say this is what's wrong with journalism today. Too many of these people have appointed themselves as the guardians of the rest of us when they should be content to just report the facts on both sides of every issue, get them right, and let the readers decide what to think about them. We really don't need people like Bonnie Erbe, Daniel Shore and the rest to talk down to us and "right wrongs" for us. When they do, it usually costs us more than if we did it ourselves.

I also note that there is no feedback link on the Scripps Howard website which delivers Ms. Erbe's outrage.