Sunday, March 3, 2013

HAS JOURNALISM DECLINED...?

HAS JOURNALISM DECLINED...?

NO...ABSOLUTELY NOT...  

BUT WITH THE INTERNET...JOURNALISM HAS HAD TO SHARE THE SOAPBOX WITH OTHER SPEAKERS...

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE IS SO MUCH RIGHT WING BULLSHIT ON THE NET NOW...THAT IT MAKES OLD SCHOOL JOURNALISM ...LOOK DULL AND BORING...

HATE RADIO AND FOX HAVE TURNED JOURNALISM INTO A CONTACT SPORT...MUCH AS IT WAS BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE REPUBLIC...  

IN THE 1850'S IT WAS NOT UNUSUAL FOR A TOWN OF 20,000 TO HAVE FIVE DAILY NEWSPAPERS ...ALL ATTACHED TO A PARTICULAR POLITICAL PARTY OR IDEOLOGY...

IN TRUTH...THIS IS THE GOLDEN AGE OF JOURNALISM...  

YES...THE HIDEOUS BULLSHIT FROM THE LIARS AND FREAKS ON THE RIGHT MAKE THINGS HARDER TO TAKE...  BULLSHIT IS PASSED OFF AS TRUTH CONSTANTLY ON FOX AND HATE RADIO...

BUT THAT ONLY INSPIRES MAINSTREAM JOURNALISM TO WRITE BETTER STUFF...!  BE MORE ENTERTAINING...WRITE FOR THE MASSES...

AND TARGET THEIR WRITING TOWARD THE MORE IGNORANT PART OF THE ELECTORATE... JUST LIKE FOX DOES...AND DOES WELL...

JOURNALISM HAS LOST ITS MONOPOLY VOICE...BUT IT HAS TO RISE TO THE OCCASION AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS NEW MEDIA ENVIRONMENT...

FOX CAN TEACH OLD JOURNALISM A FEW LESSONS....IF YOU CAN SELL BULLSHIT AS TRUE...YOU CAN SELL ANYTHING...

GET ON IT...!