@Ed Sutherland -...[W]hile news “writers” are a dime-a-dozen, journalism on the Internet is rare.
@Dan Knauss -...[K]ids subsidized by their parents for a few years is a likely source of quality tech journalism... [not]

Journalism has always had an indecently close relationship with politics, and even religion. It's tough, trying to holding up one definition over others, or being the journo-police.

Social media and mobile devices are the main drivers behind recent trends in the online & desktop scene, rather than a decline of literacy or citizenship. Even high elected leaders & fancy professors are using txt-spk and 128-character discourse.

Kids in the basement are still teaching themselves matrix algebra. They are still downloading the APIs for the hot new platforms, marching through the night to conquer emerging new turf. Kids still show up in high school & college computer courses, already semi-pro & 10 years ahead of the Instructor.

Matt Mullenweg was once the epitome of what you guys are gripping about. He was just another me-too blog-script kiddie. WordPress was the object of rib-busting hilarity. "Oh dear gawg - have you seen this piece o' CRAP?! What a drooling maroon this guy is ... he should have stuck with the saxophone".

We do live in exciting times.