It ought to be a matter of deep shame that the most popular news website in the United States is the U.K. Daily Mail. And the fact that so many top editors and journalists in the United States happen to be from Britain is something that ought to disturb all those professors of journalism at elite schools like Columbia. You know, the ones that hand out big prizes like the Pulitzer, touting how wonderful our journalists are. Strangely enough, with all the university and foundation resources available for conferences, commissions, studies, and the like, nobody seems much interested in this embarrassing situation.  There’s a good reason for that. Toby Young, a Brit journalist who has worked in the United States has a wonderful short article in the UK Spectator (hat tip: Hot Air), explaining why it is that British journalists are simply much better than their American counterparts, on the whole. And I think he has nailed it. You should really read the whole thing because...(Read Full Post)