WorkingForChange.com has another excellent op-ed piece. Here's my favorite paragraph that about sums up our friends in the 1600 Crew. To a "T".

We have become tolerant, even appreciative, of spin skill. We've been conditioned by a compassionate conservative who wants Clear Skies legislation and to Leave No Child Behind while enacting a tax cut for the rich that will be “helping American families.” When this White House issued updated excuses for the flight-suit photo-op, most criticism went to its critics. But when is the spin so fast that it melts into lies?

If we have become that tolerant and appreciative of spin skills, it's no wonder that Journalism has become a cesspool of re-written Blastfaxes and incidents like that involving Jayson Blair.

I guess a great haircut, youthful appearance or B-I-G mouth are the best qualities for a journalist these days. I have a feeling that all the real reporters went to the Weather Channel long ago, at least they get to report on facts and the only spin they talk about are cyclonic and tornadic winds.