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Having begun my professional writing career as a journalist in the mid-80s — back when we were actually respected as objective messengers of factual information the public needed to know — I’ve watched with dismay the steady bludgeoning of this once-noble profession over the past couple of decades.

Most often this pummeling has occurred at the hands of conservative commentators, aspiring politicians and other ideologues who have no historic appreciation for the vital role of a truly independent, objective media in a free society — and who think nothing of slandering this institution to further their own personal climb toward power and fame. During this same time, not coincidentally, we’ve also seen the ascent of right-wing opportunists masquerading as “journalists”.

[Editor's Note: Sometimes a story so wholly surreal comes along that just cannot be ignored; last night's political earthquake in Massachusetts was just such an event and brought Dillon out of his self-imposed blogging repose to relay the story in his own way.]

While crawling along the Freeway of Public Discontent, a year-old infant last night was struck and critically injured by a fast-moving truck in a team of ambulance chasers that had just left a tea party and were following reports of a crash farther up the road.