Sometimes I wonder if all the right-wing blathering about ” the liberal media conspiracy” is actually a clever bit of reverse psychology. The agents of intelligent journalism (which doesn’t coincide with the “liberal” label exactly, though it often overlaps) may not survive unless they start conspiring.

I think that aside from learned helplessness, the biggest thing that’s really killing newsrooms is this internal division. There’s such a diverse and smart crowd behind every daily paper that finding solutions (or at least ideas to try) should be like eating M&Ms.

P.S. – Nice reference to “Independence Day.” Just read “The Watchmen,” which, for reasons I can’t divulge for fear of spoiling the end of the upcoming movie, sends a similar message: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

LOL!