Aug 30 2008
Fair & Balanced? Be careful what you VOTE for, you just might get it…
Gee, I seem to remember not that long ago when Journalists* had integrity, at least they talked about having it.
Their (journalists and reporters) colors started to show soon after 9/11, maybe you remember, some stopped wearing the American Flag pin—said it wasn’t fair to be reporting news, yet supporting the country it was reporting about, even though they were Americans. Or, maybe you remember, that those same reporters* started calling the terrorists and enemies fighting against this country, Freedom Fighters… My theory is that it had to do with the journalists/reporters dogmatic ideology (—they had an agenda.)
I thought journalists and reporters are supposed to be objective—they report, we decide!
No, that day is gone. That trust is gone… Trust broken is not easily repaired. We need to be critical thinkers more each second that goes by. Everyone has an agenda and we the people need to sift through it to find the truth…
Questions:
- Do people have the time?
- After working or going to school all day to feed the kids, keep a roof over their head, deal with their own struggles and joys—who has the time to sift through all the garbage journalists and reporters throw at our feet?
- Good questions, they know the answer!
You’ve heard of the slippery slope? We’re sliding down it right now! Weeeee!
- When did this happen?
- Who made it possible?
- Who allowed commercial businesses to acquire NEWS agencies?
- When did the news become opinion? When did we start creating news? When did dogmatic ideology replace old-time journalistic integrity?
- Why did a reporter of Dan Rather’s caliber push a story without doing his job—making all his hard work over decades become a joke?
This news just in! Latest report on reporters and journalists:
Friday, August 29, 2008
Several members of the media were spotted cheering and clapping for Obama during the speech. The Hill newspaper online reports dozens of men and women wearing green media floor passes were seen standing around the stage area at Invesco Field “chanting along with the crowd.”
The report said that two members of the foreign press even snapped each other’s photos while wearing a Barack Obama hat and waving a flag. And several members of the press were also seen screaming during some of Obama’s biggest applause lines.
We don’t get the news anymore. We get peoples opinion and as a good friend of mine says all the time, “everybody has one and they all stink!”
Be careful what you vote for, you just might get it!
—iChef PSA (just my opinion)
(*When I say Journalist these days, I’m starting to get the same bad-sour-taste in my mouth that I get when I say lawyers, and it’s even stronger when I say Senator, House Representative and anyone running for office—Politician. Ugh, there’s that taste again—awful! Reporters also fall into this category.)
Hi,
I’m just getting started with my new blog. Would you want to exchange links on our blog-rolls?
BTW – I’m up to about 100 visitors per day.
Yes, Jamie. You have been added. Good luck!
—iChef