Well, will she be free for dinner?

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I actually took the time to read Nicks article and I tell you my take away from it.
"he is worried about his job"

With the condition that the media is in these days, IMHO the only difference between a blogger and a editorial journalist is a paycheck.

Actually, the blogger has more creditability in my book, mainly because he is passionate about what he/she is writing about. Not just writing for a paycheck.

And to think that I wanted to be a journalist when I left high school. Glad I came to my senses.

Shannon, I have to respectfully differ with you on the issue of motivation. Drawing a paycheck and being passionate are not mutually exclusive. If they were, none of us would be any good at our jobs. Conversely, being passionate about something doesn't make you good...or right. I'm passionate about my guitar playing, but that doesn't keep me from being awful at it.

I know several journalists and while they have faults just like all humans, a lack of professionalism and passion for their vocation isn't one of them.

I realize you are directing your remarks toward "editorial journalists," which I assume is intended to differentiate them from the pavement-pounding reporters. But, I still think that those folks are passionate about what they do; that may even be their failing, in that it might tend to give them blinders in the presence of facts that don't fit their worldviews.

It's an interesting topic. In any event, you probably made the right career choice!

Oh, and MLB will be back in Midland in time to have dinner with moi tonight!

I was raised with the "do what you love" philosophy
and
"if you can figure out how to earn a paycheck doing it, by all means"

IMHO, "pavement pounders" are much different then editorial journalists. I respect the former and have no use for the latter. Much like the author that you referred to in this post, they tend to be controversial just to get readers and thus a larger paycheck. There motivation completely fly's in the face of what a journalists motivation and passion should be.

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Oh, thats OK , maybe next time...

I printed the Nick Coleman "article" to read later as my grandson is standing here nagging me to get off the computer.

As an FYI in case anybody is interested, I linked here from some place else (only now I can't remember where exactly that was). It started with the WSJ and a quote and then a link to Molly Ivins and two hours have passed.

Sorry, my mind is wandering. Anyway, I am an information junkie. I don't give rip about the debates because I know what I believe and will vote for Bush even though I don't agree with some things but all in all Kerry just isn't acceptable. I depend on the internet for most of my information because the alphabet soup networks flat out lie and CBS proved it. So you all just keep blogging away.

PS: Personally, I like blue pajamas with fluffy clouds and don't forget the bunny slippers.

Margaret, thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I'm always fascinated by the sometimes convoluted route folks take to land on this humble blog.

You aren't referring, by any chance, to the article in today's Wall Street Journal about the racist, Baptist-hating William Brann, whom Molly Ivins apparently worships? I'm thinking about posting on that article...it's quite enlightening to consider the company that Ms. Ivins likes to keep.

However, I must warn you that if you're coming to the Gazette for "information," prepare to be disappointed. Any useful information that gets passed along here is purely accidental. Nope, we deal strictly in unabashed, mostly-right wing opinion in these parts, with a heavy salting of goofy humor and ill-supported conclusions. And that's on a good day. Feel free to drop in anytime.

P.S. I don't even sleep in pajamas; why would I blog in them?