Media bashing is a popular sport of both the Left and Right. It always has been, but in the blog/twitter/200 cable channels age, journalism has become a proxy battleground for everyone with an ax to grind, as this 2008 NYT story explains:
The blur of new media creates fresh opportunities for attack, counterattack, counter-counterattacks, odd alliances, strained allegiances, hidden agendas and, most of all, confusion. "People walk up to me and start complaining about some crawl they just saw on CNBC," said Mr. Brokaw, referring to the business news channel owned by his network. "And I have no idea what they're talking about. It's like the "˜Star Wars' bar."
This journalist-as-punching bag craze is pronounced in the climate blogosphere. Global warming-related coverage is regularly derided at two of the most popular sites, Climate Progress and What's Up With That. Their faithful readerships eat it up, despite the criticism being selective, ...
