Why very, thank you very much.

Now allow me to elucidate.

Since its last full update in 2001, the CBC Journalistic Standards and Practices code has been rendered out of date in part by the rise of the social web.

From The Globe and Mail:

CBC Radio veteran Jennifer McGuire has finally officially been handed the title of general manager and editor-in-chief of CBC News.

Under threat of closure, the Boston Globe's unions blinked -- or so it appears. A deal on concessions has been reached, but now the rank-and-file must cast their votes.

Programmer Seth Finkelstein thinks Twitter is an empty cool kid's club. He may have a point.

From a May 4 NYT article on high-functioning alcoholics:

In some cases, the culture of the workplace fosters high-functioning alcoholism. Abusive drinking was once commonplace among journalists, who had “liquid lunches” and frequently met for drinks after work. When work and social lives blend, excessive drinking may be considered part of the job.

The article also had this rationalization:

As the writer Pete Hamill said in his memoir, “A Drinking Life,” “If I was able to function, to get the work done, there was no reason to worry about drinking. It was part of living, one of the rewards.”

I wonder if anyone's done formal research on whether the propensity to overly refresh has gone down in the business. I can't think of very many people who have serious alcohol or substance abuse problems these days.