>There are real journalists out there. There are people that do really thankless work bringing important stories to light. This is exactly what she's talking a

>There are real journalists out there. There are people that do really thankless work bringing important stories to light. This is exactly what she's talking about in #9. 99.9% of all journalism is not "bringing important stories to light" its getting fact checked information to the masses. The people covering the local town flower show, those are real journalists. So are the ones covering post disaster damage, which sounds more glamorous than flower shows, but it's still not bringing things to light, it's conveying important correct information to people who can't go get it themselves. The idea that REAL JOURNALISM is nothing but breaking scandals and exposing deep secrets is harmful to the gathering of normal work-a-day journalism because people stop talking to you. And it breeds bullshit sensationalism because if you think it's not worth writing up if it doesn't piss some one off you start ignoring actual news and start printing half false accusations just because it sounds like "real journalism." It's exactly the attitude that leads to the current situation of fatuous screaming heads.