[Behind Liberal Lines]

I had a journalism professor in college who pointed out the following:

In the "old days," journalists were people who studied things other than journalism. They were intelligent, well rounded, people who knew about the world. Most of them held jobs outside of journalism for at least part of their lives.

By contrast the "modern" journalist is someone who went to college to be a journalist and that's all they know.

Basically, the modern journalist is a poorly educated "elitist."

[GOPJ]

Good points:

In the "old days," journalists were people who studied things other than journalism. They were intelligent, well rounded, people who knew about the world. Most of them held jobs outside of journalism for at least part of their lives.

By contrast the "modern" journalist is someone who went to college to be a journalist and that's all they know.

Basically, the modern journalist is a poorly educated "elitist."

[Psycho_Bunny]

It's interesting that you should mention that....it dawned on me one day and I have to say, it's jaded every news report I've heard since then.

[WorkingClassFilth]

"Basically, the modern journalist is a poorly educated "elitist."

...with kneepads.