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I am normally a big fan of Slate but you have to hold everyone to the same standards:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/1 ... oblem.html

This "author"/"journalist" has the temerity to write these two sentences back to back:

"There are approximately 1700 active players in the NFL, and by my count, about 2 percent of them have faced abuse or violence charges. I’m not sure how this compares to the general population, though I’d be interested to find out."

In an article subtitled "The NFL Has a Serious Domestic Violence Problem" (emphasis to show tomfoolery added by me) it's pretty freaking amazing that the dude who wrote it doesn't even know whether his estimated rate of domestic violence among NFL players is lower, higher or the same as that of the general population.

The fact that Slate's editors ran with that title makes the entire enterprise culpable, and reduces them down a serious notch in my eyes. Which is a shame since there are basically a very small and dwindling number of outlets where one can hope to find anything meaningful.

True journalism is dead as a doornail. It has lost all pretense to objectivity or even basic standards of integrity and any research is considered anathema. It is little more than poorly (if at all) disguised issue advocacy pimped by low grade hacks and morons who are barely even literate let alone informed and capable of informing the public.

It is a dangerous failure.

Even more depressingly, mv, is that "objectivity" is bastardized and used as a shield against actually thinking and evaluating the evidence/statements of witnesses critically. Which is why our national media for the most part seems to think that if one democrat and one republican disagree we report both as equally valid and have a "disputed" issue.

Isn't it amazing that ESPN has become the most reliable mass media source for investigative journalism?

Roach, you are correct as well as I sat here wondering how I could vent my disgust...and five days ago I would have been lost. :grin: