There's something masochistic about "Meet the Media" events. How many professions routinely hold forums starring other professionals who invariably insult attendees? Sometimes I think we should just invite Don Rickles and get a laugh while we take our lumps.
If you've been to just one Meet the Media event, you know what I'm talking about. Typically, a roundtable of reporters, editors, and producers provide profiles about their newspapers, magazines, and broadcast programming (which we should already know). Then they talk about ...