The day may come when the "news" is an all-out battle of competing political factions, each trying to insinuate its position into the mind of the populace by using the media as a giant host, just as viruses use the human body.
Who are we kidding? That day came long ago. But the media does not seem to be in a hurry to discourage the transition.
Its most visible manifestation is the blurring of the lines concerning what constitutes a ...