You're completely right, of course; Savage is an "advice columnist" and activist, not a journalist or investigator. I was familiar with his columns in the free-

You're completely right, of course; Savage is an "advice columnist" and activist, not a journalist or investigator. I was familiar with his columns in the free-to-take rags out on the streets here. It's nevertheless true that Savage didn't need to be a "journalist": he enjoyed a bully pulpit, a sizable cadre of fervent followers, and a powerful platform to launch his activist projects, and in the modern climate, a lot more sympathetic in mass media circles than Santorum's socially-conservative views and policies.