Some unthoughful words on professionalism

In yet another sign of the return of the know-nothing philosophy, at least media-wise, we have a Weekly Standard columnist writing about how great it is that we now have many fewer professional film critics. After all, John Podhoretz believes, you don't need any training to write about film, and the public will be quite well served with a few amateurs. Silly me, I thought conservatives who write for publications like the Weekly Standard espoused the free market where the more competition the better. Ah, well. When we've gotten rid of all those pesky professional journalists, the nut cases can rule the world again.