I’m a journalist but also a redneck. Trust me, that is a rare combination. It also explains in part what’s wrong with today’s establishment press. Journalists have too much in common with the people they cover, and they like working in ivory towers and being part of the in crowd:

Today’s journalists are much too well-bred and well-connected to stand there in the crowd shouting “The emperor has no clothes!” They’ve worked with the tailors, they have had long background interviews with the tailors, they’ve been present for some of the fittings. Of course the emperor’s new clothes are fantastic; only those rude and uncouth ‘clothing deniers’ still have any doubts.

The good news is that there are plenty of “clothing deniers” in the blogosphere and other elements of the new media to expose the fact that the emperor is exposed.

(Hat tip to Joe Carter at First Thoughts)