On 3/27/2014 4:11 PM, Bob Kuykendall wrote:

Right now we're in the middle of an incredible shift in the information economy. These days the "only the facts" kind of journalism that has prevailed in the past has much weaker currency in the marketplace of ideas--people can get all of the facts they need from the Internet. Of course, they can get a lot of drivel and misinformation as well, but that's a topic for a different day.

These days reporters are increasingly placed in the position of needing to include "value added" content like context, analysis, and commentary into their stories in order increase their perceived worth. So I would not look for reporting of fringe activities such as soaring to get any less breathless (more breathful?) in the near future.

But, yeah, I hear you, and I agree and sympathize.

Thanks again, Bob K.

Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art.
Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle