Posted on 05/19/2017 9:15:25 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The press is mentioned in the First Amendment; “journalism” is not <<
Worth repeating!....
Just look at the mees that is fat Bob Beckel ...
I majored in arts and languages, Spanish for my minor. All arts, sculpture, painting, pottery, jewelry, etc. My husband was chemical engineering major. Engineering is such a hard major. He had to study all the time. So once we started dating I studied when he did and my GPA after that was much higher, mostly As. My senior year I had straight As. But it was just because I forced myself to study every time he HAD to study just to pass his courses. Differential equations, Chemistry, Calculus, Physics, Thermal Dynamics, etc. He also had to take some arts classes so I tutored him in art history, and he made an A in that. So he developed an interest in art and now loves museums. That was great that caused him to develop an appreciation for arts. But his major was much more difficult. I can see how Journalism would be a much easier major than most.
I had a friend in law school who had previously been a copy editor at a newspaper. She was shocked to learn that it was uncommon to keep a flask in your desk, in any work environment that was not a newspaper office.
The edited copy: ". . . the tendency of journalists to self-medicate with Marijuana, Crack Cocaine, and Methadone."
The blood tests were not drug tests.
Journalists are adolescents, that has been obvious for a long time. They never grew up to adult judgments and responsibilities.
Journalism majors are flunked-out English majors.
I know a young man headed to journalism school in the fall.
He gets his ideas from the New York Times and his belief system from the DNC talking points.
I have been gently trying to move him to open his eyes, telling him that a journalist should talk to real people and not “leaders” or “spokesmen”.
He doesn’t seem to get it, and I have been very careful to mask my views on issues.
Conclusion: dumb as a rock—perfect candidate for journalism school!
Don't leave out Party Planning - - another fashionable major.
...”They have the easiest major in college with the lightest class load and homework load, so they pick up substance abuse in college and take it right with them into the working world. News media is a great place to be a functioning addict, all you’ve gotta do is submit articles to the boss telling them what he/she wants to hear. Fact-checking and good writing has clearly gone right out of the window. For people prone to lowlife behavior, having a lot of time on your hands is a dangerous situation. They’re almost as bad as lawyers when it comes to substance abuse and mental problems. They get such an easy ride all the time that the first time they face some real adversity, they can’t handle it.”...
I have long believed that journalists and those who give information out to the public should undergo random drug testing just to insure that the frontal lobes still work. Manipulation of the masses through the manipulation of lies of any kind is a serious crime in my view.
There are exceptions, but I think that explains a lot about pack journalism, the echo chamber, and the tendency of journalists to pick a side and seek validation as a dependable spokesman for the chosen cause. Independent thinking and analysis is rare.
Felt inferiority probably plays a role in several other fields as well.
‘If most of them ended up in shallow graves and their bones knawed on by coyotes the world would be a better place.’
That aint very green of you. Based on their diet if would render the coyotes an endangered species.
Journalists’ brains show a lower-than-average level of executive functioning, according to a new study, which means they have a below-average ability to regulate their emotions, suppress biases, solve complex problems, switch between tasks, and show creative and flexible thinking.
Proven by the fact that most are registered Democrats.
WTH good is in formation if you don’t trust the source?
Presstitutes are akin to one cell pond scum.
I too was an Engineering major in college. My university required everybody to take two classes in Humanities. The first class was mostly about ancient architecture and I enjoyed it and got a 4.0.
The second class was something I don’t remember but on the first day the Prof told us there would be a mid-term and final, both of which would be our entire grade, and that all the test info came out of the two books he assigned. I read both the books the very first week, showed up for both tests and aced them. When I turned in my Final he gave me a snarky comment about not attending his class and I replied that I had just aced his whole class.
Where would we be without Dan Rather?
To me the distinction between a reporter and a journalist is like the difference between an illustrator and an arteest, or a researcher and a Scienteest. Norman Mailer was, in his own words, an illustrator, Andres Serrano was a self-proclaimed arteest. Richard Feynman was a researcher, Michael Mann is a Scienteest, and Dan Rather is a journalist.
No doubt! I had a philosophy class where the prof kept going off about how philosophy is the hardest major on campus, even saying that it’s harder than engineering. I didn’t want to get into an argument that could affect my grade, so on the final class evaluation (which the prof doesn’t see until final grades are already out) I wrote in the comments, “As an engineering student, I aced your course with a 97% final grade. Come on over to engineering, I’ll bet sophomore Statics would kick your @$$. You’d impress me greatly if you could even pass Numerical Methods.”
I remember when Hillary stiff-armed Strom Thurmond running for a camera and just about dropped him. That’s the kind of person that a journalist is, you can’t have a conscience to be one today.
I’ve found them to be voyeurs. Not in the action, lacking the courage to pursue anything tangible. Book smart, being well read is an important part of being an informed adult, but it’s no substitue for actually doing something with your life. People who do not write particularly well or look good in front of a camera accomplish an awful lot, but the journos look down their noses at them.
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