Dude, settle down. I am also one of the few beleaguered journalists still out there, and the only thing you can do while watching the hatchet fall around you is to be snarky and snide. I don't think the writer is poking fun at others' expense. He or she is merely finding what little humor is available in an otherwise horrid situation. As a journalist, you should be used to looking into terrible situations. I would have thought your skin would have thickened as a result.