This is the question posed by media scholar Roy Peter Clark on poynter.org. He asks what he really knows about the so-called Red State people and finds himself lacking.

Toronto Star media columnist Antonia Zerbisias looks at all the left-wing chatter in the U.S. about voting irregularities in the Nov. 2 presidential election, looks at the paucity of coverage in the mainstream media (MSM), and asks why.

I can offer no independent verification of this story. I'm putting my trust in the journalistic abilities of the BBC:

This is the story of Esopus, a one-man general arts magazine by a fellow named Tod Lippy that's developing a cult following.

Here's an excerpt from the NYT story: Building a one-man magazine, one impossible feat at a time:

Daniel Okrent, the public editor of the NYT, calls for more informed, fact-based opinion from senior journalists.

Associated Press president Tom Curley delivered the keynote at the ONA convention, and to him, the franchise is the content.

Ana Marie Cox, better known as Wonkette, doesn't consider herself a journalist and therefore has no standards to uphold.