Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Do Journalists Really Think They Are All That?

Patterico gets the following comment directed at him from a journalist:

Anyone who thinks even the best bloggers (which would not describe you, I dare say) are any substitute for the salaried hard work, reporting, investigation and experience of newspaper journalists is just a fool. How much of the real news on the internet comes from bloggers? By the way, that’s a rhetorical question. I can’t believe Olney had someone as naive as you on the show.

Of course, Pat is just an assistant DA, so what the hell could he know about anything?

This is one of the reasons Journalism, as an academic endeavor, has such a bad reputation intellectually speaking. Probably only schools of Education are considered more of a joke. Of course, most teachers aren't arrogant pricks after they graduate...so teachers at least have that going for them.

Who the hell do these newspaper hacks think they are?

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