My Dream

In one of my previous lives, I worked in radio news and freelanced TV and newspaper.  Therefore I proclaim myself to be more of an expert that the average citizen on the subject of reporting.  In fact, I proclaim myself more of an expert in the field than 99.9% of the yahoos we hear and see everyday.

My problem, if it is one, is that I went to journalism school when you failed a class if you misspelled a proper noun.  Furthermore, we were taught objectivity at all cost.  Report the whole story without slanting it the way that our subjective self do it.  I learned a lot of terrible things, like ethics.

It makes me upset to see what now is being sold as reporting.  And, as I often like to do, I dream what it would be like if I had my way.  So, my dream is to have a national network dedicated to reporting on the reporters.  I’m talking microscopic examination of what they report and confrontation when they report less than the truth.  The hard part would be getting anyone to agree to an interview on the job they don’t do correctly.  But, if done correctly, I believe that such a network would be an overnight success and either destroy the current media or force it to adjust to legitimate journalism.

The problem with my dreams, is that I wake up to the same old world.

PMO
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