Do they even know what journalism is for?

City Business editorial:

It is unfortunate that Rosenthal has chosen to take her worthwhile battle to a front where there seems to be little resistance to her cause. It’s also a borderline insult to local newspaper readers and TV news viewers, implying that they require explicit and redundant detail to understand where the finger of blame for Katrina flood damage needs to be pointed.

Um... yes, we do require "explicit and redundant detail to understand where the finger of blame for Katrina flood damage needs to be pointed" and it strikes me as exactly your job to give that to us. Yes, I know Sandy Rosenthal can seem like something of a "concern troll" from time to time. She certainly gets on my nerves anyway. But I really have to marvel at CityBiz's thin skin here.

It is especially unfortunate that she takes umbrage with the work of journalists, many of them having braved the conditions of post-Katrina New Orleans to provide an accurate account of the events that transpired in the wake of the federal government’s shortcomings.

Media criticism is about participating in the conversation and thereby (hopefully) helping to shape the message. Not everyone has to agree but surely no one who has even a semblance of a point should be so blatantly discouraged from participating. One would think the professionals would know that even if they do work for a modest business rag.