Via Antony Loewenstein,
Newsweek helpfully
explains why American journalists are such craven lickspittles. Judging by the comments thread (which seems, happily, to contain as many skeptical Americans as other nationalities), Mr Loewenstein isn't the only person intrigued by the grotesque insularity and self-delusion evidenced in this choice quote:
American journalists, unlike many of their foreign counterparts, have a strong commitment to objectivity and nonpartisanship.
What's sad is the person who wrote that was almost certainly stating their honest belief.