SOMEONE LEFT THE IRONY ON (AGAIN). MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer is ... really unhappy that she couldn’t use the Times Square bombing attempt to prove Tea Party “bigotry.”

Big Journalism’s Michael Walsh responds:

It used to be that reporters asked skeptical questions, kept an open mind, tried to fit the facts into a historical context and then did their best to present the information in an intelligible, even-handed way. That was called ‘reporting.’

But when you leap to conclusions, emote, identify,worry, fret, and empathize all based on a complete fantasy about a world that only exists inside your head … that’s called ‘journalism’.

More reporting, please.