Several loyal readers flagged this one for me.

At the risk of turning this into European week on the NaturalBlog, here's a story about a study by Britain's Department of Health about drinking.

It found that people in the media drank more than those in any other profession, consuming the equivalent of more than four bottles of wine or more than 19 pints of beer a week, which is bragable. Media folks are also most likely to report feeling pressured to drink by colleagues.

According to the study, the next highest professional category (IT workers) trails widely. Service-sector workers and finance people come in third and fourth.

This must just be a British thing, because I'm a member of the liberal media (just the regular liberal media, not the liberal media elite), and I don't know any U.S. journalists who drink.