[beyond the sea]

I insist that our chief problem lies in convincing people that journalism vastly overhypes itself.

It's a problem that will never be solved........ because everyday electronic media (opinion forming media/advertising/news/entertainment) increases it's never-ending powerful incessant message..... and much of that message is that the media/journalism can be trusted. How convenient. ;-)

That chief problem of which you speak is not going anywhere any time soon!

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

everyday electronic media (opinion forming media/advertising/news/entertainment) increases it's never-ending powerful incessant message..... and much of that message is that the media/journalism can be trusted. How convenient.

How very convenient, exactly . . . so convenient, in fact, that logically it is a fat target. The trick is to work on getting the most mileage out of venues in which logic might most easily be heard. Such as in a courtroom, in some cases.

Not, unfortunately, that judges are immune to the flattery and derision of journalism . . .

But one such venue is FR. Where you find logic least availing is where "production values" are most significant - the movies, followed by TV and then by radio. Rush Limbaugh is such a gem because he synthesizes his own brand of production value, in the cause of conservation of the Constitution.

That chief problem of which you speak is not going anywhere any time soon!

. . . as who can doubt? The point must be to impart to journalism at least a hint of disrepute that the genre deserves.