Pack up your ethics in an old kit bag?

“Look, the problem with the progressive left activists in this country is that all they do is talk to each other. I went to a seminar at an East Coast college and all these middle-class women were talking about bridge-building between progressives and activists and socialists, and they wanted to build a bridge to the mainstream press. I said, "It's irredeemable. Don't waste your time. First of all, stop calling it mainstream. Start calling your press mainstream and call the other alternative."
I said, "Look, I'm not going to give you advice on what to do. I'm a journalist. But if you want to reach out to people, stop talking to each other in your privileged little room."”
Robert Fisk, In These Times, December 6, 2002