Here's what Norman Mailer had to say about journalists...

[joeybee12]

If a person is not talented enough to become a novelist, not smart enough to become a lawyer, and his hands are too shaky to perform operations, he becomes a journalist.

Seems pretty appropriate considering the media feeding frenzy of late...

[leveymg]

1. Add, not enough honor to become a Mafiosi.

Most of these gutless, unprincipled hacks wouldn't last two weeks before ending up being found in a marsh with a cap behind the ear and one in the chest.