Judging The Media

Interesting essay on the media by Judge Posner in The New York Times Book Review, though I doubt it will please too many.

I think he mostly gets it right, though I have some quibbles. (I don't discuss quibbles on the weekend.) His best point may be that people don't keep up on events merely to be well-informed (those who keep up on events to begin with), but also to have their point of view justified.

Update: For an attack on Posner, see Jack Shafer's piece in Slate. I wonder if it proves too much--shouldn't he be asking why is anybody, not just Posner, writing about this issue now?