[btilly]

Bad story design...

I disagree. If you're trying to tell a compelling story, you want to reinforce the story that you're trying to tell in every way that you can. That makes it more compelling, and sells more page views.

The danger being, of course, that making reasoned decisions based on compelling story lines is dangerous. But this article isn't in that business - it wants to sell page views.

[clavalle]

Journalists have a responsibility to the public that goes beyond page views. That is what makes them journalists.

[btilly]

If you wish to be consistent and say that the authors of the articles in virtually every blog of note are not journalists, then I will agree.

Unfortunately lots of people who have nothing resembling "journalistic integrity" make a living that way. If you're bored, you can turn on Fox News and see how quickly you can identify one.