Posted on 04/27/2020 5:22:04 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
... President Donald Trump came into office railing against many of the foundations of our democratic institutions, including a free press. Forty months into his administration, coverage of the coronavirus outbreak is the latest sign that - contrary to conventional wisdom - he hasn't laid a glove on serious journalism. His attacks, most recently against excellent reporters like Jonathan Karl (ABC), Yamiche Alcindor (PBS), Peter Alexander (NBC) and Paula Reid (CBS), put the bully in bully pulpit, but they haven't shaken the soul of the First Amendment.
Trump's daily briefings, which sometimes include pertinent and significant information, have also frequently become a sideshow, filled with false and misleading statements, compulsive boasting and self-promotional videos. That's why with each live briefing, many news outlets, including ours, are aggressively fact-checking in real time, assessing the value to viewers minute to minute and cutting away when warranted.
Despite these challenges, what has become powerfully clear during this pandemic is that the heart of journalism has never been stronger. As ever, journalists are asking tough questions and going where the facts lead. Not looking to win any popularity contests - just doing what Woodward and Bernstein inspired my generation and the generations that followed to always do: seek the best obtainable version of the truth.
At this dark hour, people are scared. They're being bombarded daily by noise and information, not all of it correct - some of it intentionally divisive and polarizing. They're hungry for accurate information and the straight, unvarnished truth. Now, and in all the days to come, journalists will be there.
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They think they are winning?
Oh the hilarity!!!
You journalists are miserable at your jobs. No one, and I mean, no one cares about your opinion. Keep your opinion out of it. Just give the facts, don’t personalize your reporting. Get an actual education, read history so you won’t be so utterly moronic.
Keep trying, losers.
We in the media can report tonight that we are the best us that we have ever met and we will be happy to let you know that we think you agree with us.
"false and misleading statements" -- yeah. That's the Fake News part. So, Andy, why don't you do something about that?
just doing what Woodward and Bernstein inspired my generation and the generations that followed to always do: seek the best obtainable version of the truth.
The best version of the truth that fits their agenda.
Oh my gosh! Self important, delusional asshats!
Journalism is under attack by opinion writers who invent news and/or twist facts to fit an extreme leftist, anti American agenda/narrative.
Physician, heal thyself.
Winning?
Not one person I know regards the media with any degree of respect. They are the epitome of dumbasses. Journalism? Ptui!
Oh, thank you for protecting my well-being.
You malfeasant ________.
“As ever, journalists are asking tough questions and going where the facts lead.”
That’s funny as hell, right there.
This only proves these people don’t know what journalism is.
What do you call three weeks of total silence over well-placed allegations of rape against senile Joe Biden by his es-staffer, Mr. Lack? I don’t call it journalism or anything close to it; it is bias and a shell of your “profession”. I put more trust in Mrs. Warren’s profession, at least in the novel, she made no pretense as to what she was.
These losers are living in an alternative universe. I rate them side by side with the loons in Hollywood that believe their opinions, on anything, matters.
Wow, talk about being pout of touch with reality.
These journalists are jerks. Why argue with lunatics and jerks?
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