YES: Debra Saunders: In Their Zeal To Stop Kavanaugh, It Was Journalists Who Came Across As Partisan And Unprofessional. “It’s the lack of self-knowledge among journalists as to how bad they look when they toss aside their own standards that makes it so easy for Americans to hate us.” Journalism is one of many American institutions that is failing because its members are performing for their peers rather than focusing on their jobs.