overly enamored of using acronyms they didn't comprehend to show they were connected and on the inside -- even though they may be the former to a slight extent, they never are the latter to any extent (with rare exceptions) -- and were quick to applaud anything 'new' as a change from the old way of doing business -- even if, as is generally true, it is just a new name for old tricks. Unfortunately, it's a rare journalist today who really understands what he or she is writing or saying.