For
many mainstream journalists, legacy matters. Leaving a mark is the only
ticket out of oblivion -- at least for a time. What legacies do
reporters and editors have in, say, fifty years if they continue to flak
for Barack Obama and the Democratic Party by not aggressively
investigating the president's triple-header scandals?
Advocacy journalism dead-ends at Palookaville.
Fifty years from now, when the history of the Obama presidency is being written with the objectivity that distance affords, those news organizations and reporters who took the bones in their teeth and actually reported, who peeled back the onions to get at the crass politics, lies, and misuse of power by the president and his minions, will win laurels and places in the history books.
Advocacy journalism dead-ends at Palookaville.
Fifty years from now, when the history of the Obama presidency is being written with the objectivity that distance affords, those news organizations and reporters who took the bones in their teeth and actually reported, who peeled back the onions to get at the crass politics, lies, and misuse of power by the president and his minions, will win laurels and places in the history books.
No comments:
Post a Comment