Effete journalism- Nyhan

I just read David Nyhan column "Good riddance Tina Brown ". I

    rarely read THE NEW YORKER and know almost nothing about Tina

    Brown. I' ve known all about the " sexual sell " since reading

    " The Hidden Persuaders " by Vance Packard years ago.

           Tina Brown may have cheapened THE NEW YORKER but newspaper

    columnists like Mr. Nyhan have also sank to a new low: Just who

    are they writing for nowadays ? Journalists writing about journalists

    are as vapid as movies about movie stars. So much commentary space

    in major newspapers is taken up by effete bores, completely out

    of touch with the  general public.

         And editors often seem to go out of their way to print

    letters that sound like " junior " versions of their more

    insipid columnists . ( The worst offender is the venerable New

    York Times. )

        I notice that the more prominent the journalist the less

    likely he or she is to have an E -mail address. Snobs are alike

    everywhere ! What can the low-brow PUBLIC teach me ?

        The Internet is breathing some fresh air into the stale halls

    of manufactured public opinion.

         I have some simple advice for editorial rooms of the " better "

    newspapers : Open your windows !

        You are  breathing your own fumes !