One of the problems with Journalism (capital J) as it's practiced is that the stories are created at the editor's desk and a reporter is simply dispatched to th

One of the problems with Journalism (capital J) as it's practiced is that the stories are created at the editor's desk and a reporter is simply dispatched to the scene to provide supporting evidence. There is room for a certain level of conflicting reports but for the most part everything will plug in to a predefined narrative. Lazy journalism, as lazy writing, as most lazy expressions of an idea is called a cliché. The same tired shots of Detroit (and other rust-belt cities) is now a cliché for the decline of American industry. What is happening today is not the same as what happened 30 years ago, maybe they should be photographing the empty strip-malls that liter this country. And the west coast may have their streets paved with gold, but I've never seen so many people from an area complain about not being able to get laid.