Clymer? . . . Clymer? . . . Haven't I heard of him?

Oh, yeah! He's the one Bush called an "a**hole" in 2000. Now that he's no longer a reporter for the NYTimes, he's an expert suitable for a journalistic dodge as explained by Mickey Kaus, who doesn't seem to think it's a good practice.

Jeff Jarvis also has some timely comments on the practice of journalism. Maybe it would help if we outlawed the term "journalism" and went back to "reporting."