Is this just an example of how 'big media' is often held to lower standards than a blogger? Blog posts are often labeled as flame-baiting or simply trying to p

Is this just an example of how 'big media' is often held to lower standards than a blogger? Blog posts are often labeled as flame-baiting or simply trying to promote self interest (eg - articles that knock 37signals / Calacanis / Apple fan boys, etc.). The original article was pretty shallow; Jennifer Senior, the author, followed the conventional Gladwell-style of anecdote and insight mixed with research. TLP's dismantling of the original New Yorker article isn't as rough as it could have been. The original article got attention, was up-voted here and elsewhere, in many ways because of the provocative title, which wasn't well supported in the article. Thankfully, someone has pointed this out. Had this article been on LISP, geo-location, web2 business models, this community could have done it on its own, but here having someone who is a relative expert (assumed to be the case given TLP's title) was needed. [Side note - I am the father of two kids under age 4 and my wife has a master's degree in education and teaches. I disliked the original article.]