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This is probably a comment worth ignoring, but I still feel inclined to say that journalism is a cornerstone of democracy on which, love it or hate it, we in th
by JDEW 4y ago
This is probably a comment worth ignoring, but I still feel inclined to say that journalism is a cornerstone of democracy on which, love it or hate it, we in the west have chosen to build our societies on. So yes, it is important and certainly requires skill.
- chiefalchemist 4y agoYes. The Fourth Estate is a prerequisite for a democracy. However, what we have is a Politics Industrial Complex and the vast majority of the media is on the inside; as discussed during this episode: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/im-your-biggest-fan/ https://freakonomics.com/podcast/im-your-biggest-fan/ You can't do true by-definition journalism from that position. Speaking of the definition of journalism, using this filter most of what gets passed off as journalism, isn't. https://kottke.org/20/01/jim-lehrers-rules-of-journalism-1 https://kottke.org/20/01/jim-lehrers-rules-of-journalism-1 The most important skill in today's "journalism" is reading off a teleprompter and/or parroting an established narrative. That is what's rewarded. That is we get what someone else pays them for, and too often it's not actual journalism.
- switchbak 4y agoJournalism is important. Critically important. Which is why the powerful spend so much money to ensure that they're saying the right things about the right people. And being silent on the issues they shouldn't be discussing. Heavily funded corporate media has been this way forever. What's more important is small scale independent media, which may actually have a chance of getting out a message which even minimally approximates the truth. Or at least challenges prevailing power centers.