"I want to be a “reporter” in order to change the world, not to factually tell others what I may see or hear, even experience. I want to be a professional; that is, one who professes to know the truth of which I choose to report. See, I am an agent for change, I know the right way to go, to lead others to the truth I see.”
I think this may be what we have here, no? Yes!
Kinda like explaining what is meant by “is” remember?
It’s pretty clear that reporters report what they want to believe is happening, not what has happened. Today’s (3/25/07) Washington Post has a “correction” piece about the Immigration raid in Massachusetts. The reporter wrote about a woman who was detained and had two children. The article reported that the woman was denied a telephone call and it wasn’t until the end or the story (fiction) that the reporter said the woman was released. The reporter held that little fact until the end to “keep the reader’s interest”. The woman was from Honduras and the reporter spoke Spanish, so there was no communication difficulty. The woman actually did make a telephone call during her detention but lied to the reporter. Why tell the truth when you know the reporter is going to make this bleed? Probably half of the persons detained were also released, so it was pretty much a non-story, unless it was reported in a way to make the government appear to be over reaching. Why should anybody believe these people? That includes the Katie Courics of the world too.
If that newspaper is still financially viable, one must conclude that their product sells. Which of course says very little about the local population methinks.
“I want to be a “reporter” in order to change the world, not to factually tell others what I may see or hear, even experience. I want to be a professional; that is, one who professes to know the truth of which I choose to report. See, I am an agent for change, I know the right way to go, to lead others to the truth I see.”
I think this may be what we have here, no? Yes!
Kinda like explaining what is meant by “is” remember?
And it’s only going to get worse. Ever seen that PBS children’s show called “Liberty’s Kids”? It’s a cartoon re-creation about early American History, complete with George Washington, etc.
One of the “Liberty’s Kids” is a young man who is grooming himself to be a “reporter”. The show through him regularly reminds its easily molded young viewers that one of a “reporter’s” ethical responsibilities is to question everything the Government is telling us. And get this-the kid’s hero is Ben Franklin...who in the series is voiced by Uncle Walter Cronkite!
Yep, PBS is brainwashing them earlier and earlier these days…
It begins with an anecdote about a Muslim teenager who decides not to “change who [she is] for $7 an hour” by working for Target, and presumably, scanning bacon.
That sounds perfect. If she doesn’t want to scan bacon, she shouldn’t get a job that involves scanning bacon. Pretty simple, isn’t it?
The reason the Muslims have launched their cultural jihad in Minnesota is because they believe they can win. And they will if if folks up there don’t find a pair. I bet they won’t start that stuff in Georgia or Alabama.
Unfortunately, I live in Minneapolis and we only subscribe to the Star for Sunday’s paper. My husband likes the ads! If I had my way, we would not take it at all! We left for the Mexican Rivera a week ago so we took a cab leaving and returning from vacation. I’ve yet to have a cabbie that is not from the Middle East. I told my husband that I was tempted to ask the cabbie to stop at Dave’s Barbeque on the way home because I really missed their pork ribs - but my husband would not let me do it. I’m still considering it! Also, i’m going to make a few trips to Target so I can buy some bacon! I’m really sick of this.
I also happen to live next door to a past president of the Minnesota Trial Attorneys Association who is a good friend and sometimes attorney to Keith Ellison .
I am SO looking forward to my husband’s retirement so we can move out of here. I’ll really enjoy calling my commie representative to the Minneapolis City Council and say “free at last.” These people tax us for breathing!
I am so sorry to read this. And sorry for you John.
As a reporter for more than 20 years in a number of markets I cringe when I see this and think its a shame what has happened to young reporters in this country.
In this case its hard to determine if this is a conscious attempt to deceive ... or (and this is the most common ill in journalism today) the reporter was just plain “too lazy” to do some research.
Most likely both ... it fit the agenda and what I don’t know wont hurt me.
We used to have an expression In TV news when I first started in Virginia a long time ago ... “Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.”
Clearly this reporter did not. Which is why I always tell my kids ... there’s always more to the story than what you just read or saw ... ALWAYS!
I don’t fear Muslims at the checkout register who won’t ring up my bacon. If that happens, they’ll soon be wearing bacon.
But that isn’t the quote the reporter used. It came from AOL News. The reporter can hardly say that he took two words from a Forum post and made up the rest.
Journalism was destroyed by Vietnam and Woodward and Bernstein.
Journalism was (anecdotally) a terrible paying business, and rather mundane. Now every journalist thinks (and justifies to themselves and their significant other) every day that they are one article, book, movie deal away from living like W&B. So attack the politics you don’t like, create a scandal wherever possible, and day dream over who will play you in the movie.
People work efficiently for what they perceive to be their pecuniary interest, and here, the perception is W&B modified by Matthews et al.
And it’s only going to get worse. Ever seen that PBS children’s show called “Liberty’s Kids”? It’s a cartoon re-creation about early American History, complete with George Washington, etc.
One of the “Liberty’s Kids” is a young man who is grooming himself to be a “reporter”. The show through him regularly reminds its easily molded young viewers that one of a “reporter’s” ethical responsibilities is to question everything the Government is telling us. And get this-the kid’s hero is Ben Franklin...who in the series is voiced by Uncle Walter Cronkite!
Yep, PBS is brainwashing them earlier and earlier these days...
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PBS, Liberty Kids, Ben Franklin, Walter Cronkite, and Muslims= bad
What a strange world you live in. The world must be a very scary place for you.
