The conspiracy of the Fourth Estate, cont'd

MANIFESTO

Jamison Foser adds his two cents on the media's chumminess with the powers that be, focusing on Richard Cohen.

It is astonishing to see someone who has spent his entire career working in the news media - and reached the lofty heights of the Washington Post op-ed pages - have so little belief in the importance and influence of his profession, and expect so little of it. Richard Cohen thinks it's fine for journalists to simply reflect the spirit of the time. He thinks it's fine for journalists to defer to the judgment of the powerful people they cover.

I suspect this, too, shall pass, but Jon Stewart sure did open a Pandora's box when he grilled Jim Cramer the other night.