Journalism In America

The need for people to pay attention is becoming increasingly relevant. Journalists are the watch dogs of diplomacy. They are the ones who keep the public informed whenever something happens. True, there is discretion on what will make the headlines versus the events that will end up on the cutting room floor, but think for a second about what life would be like without the unbiased reporters tracking down information and presenting it to the general public.

This blogosphere would not exist. Watergate would not have been revealed; neither would former President Clinton's infidelities which the general public still tends to have an admiration for making jokes about. There are so many occurrences that would not have been revealed had reporters not been there to break the story.

It seems that people have forgotten their peers. People they used to revere for unbiasedness and professionalism are now simply mean-spirited fools who need to be tossed away before they share another thought which goes against the idea of what they believe is right and fair.

Nothing is fair, first of all. We must all remember this if we are to survive in the world. The fact is, no one wants to upset the natural balance of things. And while the one side of political ideals stands by their members, no matter the amount of crazy and "un-pc" things they say, the other attacks the people they claim to stand by. Like hungry wolves needing press coverage, they circle and loom near while simultaneously claiming no ties to the once strong comrade. The member of their pack has served the purpose of giving the group a more powerful hold over the country and should now be thrown off of a cliff.

The problem is not those who stand together in agreeable ignorance, but those who willingly dispose of a different opinion.

Electronic News Medium

The end is near; peer-to-peer gathering and presenting of information will make all things currently known about news into extinction. It will leave behind only the debris of bad language and a forgotten memory of the well-educated and properly trained individuals who thought that reporting would give them a career.

The citizen is not a journalist. The pre-pubescent children who write opinions on their Facebook are not a reliable source. The random man who tweets should not be taken seriously. Unless, of course, 75 others report the same thought. Then, naturally the provided idea should be flung out to the masses represented as fact.

Where is the accountability? Information should be credible, not accessed by speaking to your neighbors; that is defined as gossip.

Trusted publications are what the people should rely on for the truth and the fact that these news sources are now turning to the average person for the story makes them lazy and unfit to be employed. If anyone can gather a news story, why bother paying someone to go out and find one? Seems as if it would be a waste of money.

Electronic news is fine, as long as everyone leaves the informing to the professionals. Those teenagers out to spread sensationalism can now spend their free time photo-shopping their profile pictures instead.