Posted on 03/12/2017 9:03:59 AM PDT by Trumpnation
"Our job is not to be the opposition to Donald Trump, it's to cover the hell out of Donald Trump. It's to cover the hell out of powerful people. Its not to be his opponent, it's to be tough, questioning advocates of journalism and our leaders". (Dean Baquet)
That's well and good but where was this philosophy for the past eight years when it could have done the most good?
NYT/WPO?LAT/ etc, etc have been born again. This time as pearl clutchers.
How the HELL do these people say these things with a straight face??
I will bet that most so-called journalist’s have never read this, or even heard of it.
“The Journalist’s Creed
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I believe in the profession of journalism.
I believe that the public journal is a public trust; that all connected with it are, to the full measure of their responsibility, trustees for the public; that acceptance of a lesser service than the public service is betrayal of this trust.
I believe that clear thinking and clear statement, accuracy and fairness are fundamental to good journalism.
I believe that a journalist should write only what he holds in his heart to be true.
I believe that suppression of the news, for any consideration other than the welfare of society, is indefensible.
I believe that no one should write as a journalist what he would not say as a gentleman; that bribery by one’s own pocketbook is as much to be avoided as bribery by the pocketbook of another; that individual responsibility may not be escaped by pleading another’s instructions or another’s dividends.
I believe that advertising, news and editorial columns should alike serve the best interests of readers; that a single standard of helpful truth and cleanness should prevail for all; that the supreme test of good journalism is the measure of its public service.
I believe that the journalism which succeeds best — and best deserves success — fears God and honors Man; is stoutly independent, unmoved by pride of opinion or greed of power, constructive, tolerant but never careless, self-controlled, patient, always respectful of its readers but always unafraid, is quickly indignant at injustice; is unswayed by the appeal of privilege or the clamor of the mob; seeks to give every man a chance and, as far as law and honest wage and recognition of human brotherhood can make it so, an equal chance; is profoundly patriotic while sincerely promoting international good will and cementing world-comradeship; is a journalism of humanity, of and for today’s world.”
We saw that with the intense scrutiny they gave 0bama. / sarc
Its 2017 and the MSM still hasn’t vetted Obama or looked deeply into his past.
Covering = lying for the msm
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Hmmmm ..?? I don’t recall the NYT being tough .. I recall them LYING LIKE HELL.
Big difference.
Has NYT Editor Dean Baquet ever covered Hillary honestly? Here’s a hundred stories he’s ‘missed’...
Putin aide: Clinton advisors met with Russian ambassador ‘lots’ of times’...
Dean Baquet is failing? In what way, poor health, financially, professionally? I hate these headlines that are innacurate
bttt
It's annually when the Austin hippies and techies let the California hippies and techies come to trash the place. Kinda like Spring Break for people too old or ugly to continue on to South Padre Island.
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