I wonder if Hannity is a trained journalist? No. He is listed/known as a commentator.
Broadcast media certainly seems to have muddied the journalistic talent pool.
A Hybridization of talking head and letsjustcallitjournalismshallwe, even though there are few degrees amongst that crowd in front of the camera.
Tip: If you want a slice of real news talk to techs and engineers behind it all. The stories they can tell. A trained journalist would know that, and a trained journalist knows how to thoroughly research a subject, noun, and a verb.
The consumers have forgotten what authentic journalism is, or was. By becoming consumers and foregoing peopledom, it should only be expected. Bumper sticker political disconnect. Even the politician has stripped the soundbite and 1 minute briefing down to a hip yet droning artform.
Who were the journalists in 1774 and what training did they have?
Those that write essays here on FR, are they journalists?
What is meant by Freedom of the Press?
It's no longer news, and "officially" stopped being such when news and entertainment divisions in all the major networks were combined. In the decades that have followed that event, what passes for "news" anymore isn't even entertainment, it's flat-out propaganda. Democrat Party Propaganda.
“I wonder if Hannity is a trained journalist? “
What’s that?
Ma and Pa Spud of the Yukon Gold family wouldn’t let their daughter marry Tom Rather because he was a common tater.