You do have a point, this seems to be a fairly common way to vent yet still appear 'objective'. I do it myself sometimes, and occasionally pick myself up on it

You do have a point, this seems to be a fairly common way to vent yet still appear 'objective'. I do it myself sometimes, and occasionally pick myself up on it... mainly when I get away with it. :) I sense this is probably done quite a lot in journalism, so you can write 'interesting' articles without coming off like a completely biased douche.