CINCINNATI - Objective journalism scored a huge victory Sunday when Cincinnati Enquirer columnist Peter Bronson joined the fight for a fairer media.

In his weekly column, Bronson argued that the media should be more objective and not attack President Bush over the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

To back up his argument for an objective press, Bronson quoted a local talk radio show, compared the Iraq war to a Bengals game, and retold an urban legend as the truth.

"By the time he was finished," high school senior Todd Portsmouth said, "I had no idea what he was talking about. But I knew we needed a more objective journalism."

So Portsmouth wrote Bronson an e-mail to ask him where he found his evidence.

"It's well-documented," Bronson replied. But Portsmouth still had doubts.

"After five minutes on the Internet, I found out that Bronson was retelling an urban legend," Portsmouth said. "Governor Blanco did call on the federal government for help."

Portsmouth expressed surprise at finding an urban legend in a newspaper as large as the Cincinnati Enquirer.

"I thought journalists were accountable to some standards," Portsmouth said, "but the Bronson article stripped me of that naive belief. For this, I owe Peter a big thank you."