Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Journalizm

It turns out the journalists were wrong regarding the death chaos and mayhem that was reported during the days after Hurricane Katrina Struck. It now appears that there weren't any sexual assaults of children and there weren't roving gangs attacking helpless folks in Louisiana's Superdome. Chalk it up to lack of communication lines to vette stories, or whatever, the fact is that newspapers and TV reported such events, from the NY Times to FAUX News, to the LA Times. When you look back on it, it really is a non-surprise. The mainstream media has been asleep at the wheel the last five years. Really. WMD's in Iraq? Where was any journalistic investigative reporting there? It is really a pathetic time indeed to be a member of the mainstream media trying to cover today's current events. Perhaps journalists should be compelled to obtain a license to practice their craft.

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