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>>>>As someone who used to work in the biz, I can say you are are dead on right with your characterization. Most of the so-called “journalists” I worked with were literally incapable of doing more than re-writing press releases. They knew nothing except for what the PR hacks and the AP wires told them.<<<<

I worked in the print media and radio for 20 years. In defense of the profession, I have to say that you understate the situation.

[wku man]

I stand corrected. As punishment for the crime of understatement of media ineptitude, I will punish myself by sipping a few shots of 1792 in silent contemplation of how badly the media suck.

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