> But in the last 20 years, every journalist confuses journalism (informing people) with activism (changing people). My concern with this sentiment is that is

> But in the last 20 years, every journalist confuses journalism (informing people) with activism (changing people). My concern with this sentiment is that is glosses over far more nefarious motivations here (which I think are more common than we like to admit). I have met many many people in the corporate world that are more concerned about "what the rules are" as opposed to applying any sort of ethical mindset. I've seen again and again where people will take advantage of others, throw other people under the bus, and fight to take "what is theirs" (meaning what they want - not actually what makes sense) without any sort of self-reflection. If challenged they gaslight everyone around them, including themselves.. I'm willing to believe that this extends to reporters. I would not be surprised if a large number of "reporters" out there that happily go along with whatever they are told to do in the job (or to keep their job): go after eyeballs rather than report facts and (sometimes) on stuff that matters. Take a look at any sort of news network and you can clearly see that all these news anchors are playing parts in this screwed up version of reporting what's going on. It's bound to extend down to people writing the articles as well.