Give it a rest.
I am overwhelmed with frustration as yet another person (let alone an “aspiring journalist”) bombards me with insults of the media. It is one thing to acknowledge a problem. It is another thing to bash an entire industry and have complete disregard for others who are trying to better it. Then, when politics get involved? Forget about it!
An angry student journalist, who happens to be extremely conservative, shared this link: http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/24124/
While the interview and the reporter’s manners did upset me a little, I certainly wasn’t about to quit the business or go on a tirade about how the liberal media is the epicenter of America’s problems. The funny part is, I’m sure I could find a million videos of a right-wing news outlet reporter acting similarly at another event.
The anger isn’t unique to “liberal media.” Statistics pop up everyday. Now it is estimated that 75% of all media in the U.S. is “liberal.” Ok, so? Newspapers were created way back when to allow a separate checks and balances system for our government when our country was just starting to mold itself. We are the watchdogs. Human emotion can cloud this, I know that. Viewers know that. Readers know that. Listeners know that.
I guess what I’m saying is: back off. Instead of attacking the media, why don’t we let them take a step off their defensive lines and march back onto the offense. There is a job to be done so let those of us who are willing to do it…do it.
P.S. If you hate journalism and think it’s horse crap and that you don’t have the power to help “fix” it, then stop studying it and be on your merry way. We’ve got a job to do here.
