JournoList may not have been a conspiracy, but it was an example of what you might call an the closing of the journalistic mind.
Andrew Breitbart is still patting himself on the back for a job well done in the Shirley Sherrod affair. In reality, he failed miserably.
Conservatives have long complained about liberal media bias. But conservative media seems to be much worse.
Sharing your unvarnished thoughts on a listserv is just asking for trouble, as Dave Weigel is the latest to discover.