ln defense of pointy-heads and MSM puppy-dogs; Washington Post, 8/15/16

Eugene Robinson, Washington Post; ln defense of pointy-heads and MSM puppy-dogs:

"Ignorance is not a virtue. Knowledge is not a vice. Pointy-heads who spend years gaining expertise in a given field may make mistakes, but the remedy is to replace them with pointy-heads who have different views — not with know-nothings who would try to navigate treacherous terrain on instinct alone...

Many who attack the media for being feckless or out of touch really have a different complaint: You should spend more column inches and airtime reinforcing my view of the world.

Sorry, but that’s not what we’re here for.

When he bought The Post in 1933, Eugene Meyer published a set of seven “principles,” which began with this one: “The first mission of a newspaper is to tell the truth as nearly as the truth may be ascertained.”

There is such a thing as the truth, just as there is such a thing as valuable expertise. Even if it’s “elite” and “mainstream” to say so."