why are people still zooming?? please stop, it looks amateur/lame/tv-newsy and you'll just be pissed off there aren't many dslr zoom lenses with a constant aperture. everything will improve if you change the way you shoot/edit to eliminate those oh so awkward and distracting long zooming shots!
Nothing wrong with zooming when used right. I use it all the time when appropriate in doc-style work. In narrative, zooming is often intentionally used to affect a hand held/documentary verité style. And of course, who doesn't use zooms to spoof or emulate 70's exploitation flicks.