Maybe there’s hope for this nation after all.
Now, what are we going to do about it?
Personally, at 62, I still have all my writing chops and would be happy to come out of retirement, even if it was only to cover zoning commission meetings.
Take it from an old-school newspaperman: One of the problems with the media is that all these idealistic young J-school graduates see themselves as a force for “changing the world.”
But when it comes to the daily grind of covering local news — well, they’re too special for that.
You reach a larger audience than the average local paper.
Exactly
The media are no longer reporters. They are all ANALyists and the news is treated like those spectacular magazines at the checkout.
Except that their way of forcing change is to hide and embargo the news, not to write about it.
-PJ
One of the problems with the media is that all these idealistic young J-school graduates see themselves as a force for “changing the world.”
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Its the duty of senior editors to reign in and moderate the impulses of the young J-school reporters but the older staff are sympatico with the liberal agenda. The newsrooms themselves are rotten.
Me too, but the problem is finding an outlet with editors who won't blue pencil conservative views...or worse, simply won't print anything that goes against the liberal mantra.
As professionals, we both know that the best way to slant the news is simply to spike any story that contradicts the chosen editorial agenda.