Today's so-called journalists are nothing but egotistical wanna-be's who will destroy a person based on their own desire to be the one with the best worded attack in the press or on TV. Half of them, I am sure, are not really socialists...just trained monkeys whose morals and values were lost long ago when our focus was placed on becoming "famous" for something and it became important to satisfy one's ego over satisfying God.
Correct...It's not just leftist ideology, they are out there for fame and glory and the big money. Sex too....out to impress naive girlfriends and to get new ones with a big score or takedown. Don't forget the university J-schools that produce these amoral atheist critters and must share some of the blame
There was prize-winning lying-journalism in the 1930s ( Walter Duranty in the NYT) so I’s have to say that this dates at least from the time of Roosevelt.
As a writer, I contend that the eseenial modus operandi of journalsim is inherently flawed — you need to know that journalists don’t know anything. I mean a n y t h i n g.
The entire concept of journalism is all about reporting an event: “a fire broke out at 9 pm last night in a building on the corner of Main St and Broadway.” That’s all they can do. I’ve been in foreign countries with journalists who don’t speak the language, have no idea of the history or current events of the place they are in — they are all led around by the nose by government press liasons, spend most of their time drinking, and send in a piece based on a press release given to them by the government of wherever they are. The only informed people on any publication are the sports writers. They at least know what game they are covering and how it’s upposed to be played.