Agreed, Wes. Being passionate and, yes, biased doesn't violate some unrealizeable Platonic definition of "journalism." To be a journalist, you must see something interesting (or nobody will care about what you write), report it, and be a good enough writer to entertain. You must include verbal counters that show your biases for what they are -- I believe this is the honesty and passion that distances some of the writers you mention from the run-of-the-mill hacks, who bore me to dreamland with their carefully crafted, sanitized "objectivity." Much of the above, incidentally, applies to audio journalism -- be biased, but entertain me with your bias and show a little excitement along the way.