Question for the mainstream media:When indeed may we expect to see true journalism once again in our nation?
You in fact do ask the tough questions -- not of the strong and powerful, but of those who question the strong and powerful. When can we expect to see a return to the journalism that is preoccupied with protecting freedoms as opposed to the bottom line?
Peace.
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I still remember a time when journalists posed tough questions and tackled issues of importance rather than pandering to the rich and powerful. We need a return to accountability and responsibility in our nation today. Journalists are in a prime position to lead that return. Let us hope they find the courage to take action and do so soon.
Peace.
I think journalists need to band together and form their own papers. The Old Guard has to be challenged. That's the only way.
I was shocked to read somewhere, or hear somewhere, a while back, that newspapers had and still had one of the highest profit margins in industry, perhaps second only to banks. And where have we seen the greatest downfalls? In newspapers and banks. Banks act like they have to charge usurious rates, when studies show that they make their best money on high risk loans (at least as I recall) because they are to MOTIVATED borrowers! Now the usurious rates have brought the whole system crashing down.
Newspapers acted for years like they just had to cut staff, because they didn't have the money. I remember that the Boston Globe once had an international reporting staff to rival the New York
Times, and a reputation to match. But little by little that died away, not because of necessity, but because of greed. Sooner or later readers caught on and stopped reading.
IF newspapers offered a high value product today, the internet would only boost their business by enhancing interest in pubic issues.
workshop,
I agree if print media offered a real value readers would flock to the product. Too many print media sources today are all about entertainment and not about real news.
We all need facts on which to make our decisions. For too long the public has been led to decide on the basis of emotion and superficial appearance. That course will not support us through the future.
Peace, Jerry
The sub-title for an editorial about in todays local "news"paper.
"No time for squabbling on foreign-policy front"
Is your local newspaper as dismal as ours workshop?
They rely totally on AP for nonlocal news.
With some urging, they sought some input on the Georgia/Russia situation from the local university.
We need to push for improvement.
We need real media instead of the entertainment focused stuff of today. Nobody seems to care one way or the other except us political activist types.
Peace, Jerry
Hopefully there's more and more of us!
The popularity of Dark Knight says it all, I think. Economically it's hard times. Militarily, clouds of war are gathering. People are doing what they always do - going for the escapism.
That doesn't mean they won't do the right thing in the voting booth and vote for someone who offers constructive change.
workshop,
Escapism drives the entertainment industry always. And today there is so much from which to wish for escape. I hope voters realize they have an opportunity this year to elect people who will make a real difference.
Peace, Jerry
It's the best form of escapism - imagine knowing someone you really thought highly of was in Congress - what a feeling that'd be!!
workshop,
Vicarious politics is fine stuff. If the right people are in the office and a person can enjoy the ride by extension then more good is done overall. I hope you get to share that experience one day. :)
Peace, Jerry
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