Waiter, there's a black fly in my Chardonnay
According to Jon Friedman, "In reporting the news, the best a columnist can hope to do is shift the public's opinions, shake up the status quo and keep the establishment honest." Maybe so, but, um, how would Jon Friedman know? Isn't that pretty much the opposite of his M.O.? Hell, giving his journalist of the year award to Kristof is probably the most opinion-shifting, status-quo shaking thing he's ever done. Oh wait.
[Via Romenesko]