I’ve got to say I’m loving reading these things. I don’t think it’s as big a deal as some of my friends on the right do. But I do find it infinitely entertaining. So much of it reads like dorm room b.s. from the student-government crowd, and the fact that some very smart and serious people tolerate, never mind participate, in these at times idiotic and hilariously sophomoric conversations makes me wince with embarrassment for them and, in a couple cases, rethink both their smartness and seriousness. What it proves about mainstream journalism is hard to pin down. But it certainly does lasting damage to the reputation of “serious liberal journalism” insofar as it reveals that the cream of the profession (and some of the dregs) talk amongst themselves almost exactly the same way Democratic party hacks and campus activists do. And let the record show that much of this crowd is the feedstock for “objective journalists” at outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post — and has been for decades.