Originally Posted by MisterPeabody

Yeah but here's what one must keep in mind (I'm being all professorial using "one" instead of "you", hehe): there IS no "journalism" anymore.

I know because - this will come as a shock to most - but BP (Before Peabody) I was an actual, published, made-a-living-as Journalist (just ignore that past sentence and trust me). But I quit that profession around 2002 and got into this crazy game (after a few years of, ahem, 're-organization'). In the good ol' Glory Days of Actual Journalism we had things like fact checkers, legal departments, editors and even public organizations that held us accountable. Today? Well, the internet changed everything and now even the Supreme Court has ruled that a fucking NEWS organziation has no responsibility to tell the truth. In other words, the High Court said it's ok to lie.

(Not saying Mike South is a liar. LOL)

So please show me ANY "journalist" today? Those that play one on TV are more interested in breaking a story first, not in getting it right. And Bloggers, the "new journalists"? Well, some are great, some suck, but whatever they are (freelance editorial writers, I'd say) they sure as heck aren't 'journalists' in the traditional sense. But to expect them to be so is unrealistic in today's world.