Chicken Little was right! News at 11!
Hearing all the anti-media rants from the outside and all the lamenting and hand-wringing on the inside can drive many people away from journalism (and at times, I've thought about leaving because of all the Chicken Little talk). So it's good to see someone trying to look at the criticism from a couple of perspectives. Matt Welch takes a number of authors to task about their sometimes ivory tower look at how bad the field has become. Sure there's change that needs to happen, but after a while, constantly negative talk and unproductive praise will do much long-term harm.