It's still a mystery

Why the media chatterers are so upset with the New York Times over the Judy Miller matter when they've said nothing about its fraudulent stories and its political slant. What passes for reporting today is thinly veiled editorial writing and practice for the novel they intend to write someday.

Jack Shafer wrote a review of Pinch Sulzberger's appearance on Charlie Rose. Anybody who can get to Rose in spite of his generally fawning interviewing style has got to be pretty vapid. But he's no different from nearly everybody else in the "news community." They arrogantly dismiss their critics but it's pretty obvious that they don't understand what's happening to them. They're rearranging the deck chairs, and refusing to lower the life boats.