[jpatt]

That's kind of their job, though, right? Couldn't you have the same complaint about doctors, pilots, or engineers who try to write? Writing isn't what they do.

Just seems like there will never be a Scotsman capable of appeasing this standard.

[bmitc]

Lots of people write. The author of the linked post is a journalist. His job is to journal things, if I can be loose with language, and not just to be a writer. The arrogance that comes through his statement is pretty thick, and I think, of all people, I would like journalists to be as unbiased as possible. And arrogance seems like it could leas to bias quite easily by allowing assumptions to creep in.