It isn't journalism so much a whiny diary entry. "Poor me, I have to pound my fingers to the bone while those liberal fat cats make all the money. Nobody listens to me.' Mr. Malone apparently doesn't acknowedge the existence of the Wall Street Journal and the Chicago Tribune or Fox News. He doesn't see the countless times in interviews where journalists shy away from following up on an absurd statement, as if everyone is sure to get the jist of it on their own. He doesn't mention the obfuscation of Republican candidates, lobbyists, and analysts, not to mention outright lies and innuendo. In fact he does his own. Why doesn't he interview Ayers for us, or fill in the missing years of Obama's life? Why doesn't he and the other conservative journalists convince us that Acorn is a criminal organization rather than simply repeating the charge ad infinitum? It seems odd to me that Malone complains about the missing information about Obama but doesn't complain about the lack of publicity about the many disturbing things that are already well known about McCain. Should journalists create a scandal for Obama to match each one for McCain? Journalism is not in dire straits, democracy is in dire straits because journalists are not paid to do their job by the corporate owners of the media. They are paid to get readers, listeners, and viewers however they can. Fox and its allies shill for the ignorant, NBC and its allies shill for the intelligencia, and CNN and its allies shill for those in the middle. It's all about selling something. How naive to blame the editors for this sad state of affairs. How irresponsible.