Monday, October 31

Journ-o-lism Losers

1 day ago — The assailant was yelling “Where is Nancy?” 
according to a person briefed on the assault. 
Her husband, Paul Pelosi, was hospitalized with a ...

This could be anybody though.

This could be Nancy Pelosi calling and talking to her friend Maureen Dowd.  That's not a "source".  And journ-o-lism isn't about printing as truth in other media what another newspaper has reported as fact by an unnamed source.

It's become a gigantic circle jerk.  Who's on the record reporting the "Where is Nancy" line?  Paul Pelosi after he took the hammer hits to the head that allegedly fractured his skull?  The unnamed third person allegedly at the home that night?  The 9-11 dispatcher who sent help because she heard an "open line" (which could have been an accidentally triggered 9-11 call that politicos and journ-o-lists are in no hurry to push to release?)

Ezra Klein and his gang of colluding kids essentially broke journalism, because they believed the rules did not apply to activists pushing Obamacare.  Then, because they seemed to have succeeded -- and were much more digitally comfortable than the white men running the Times back then -- Ezra Klein was handsomely rewarded for breaking journalism.

Now, we're starting to see the results:  nobody trusts the media because they collude on the stores, withhold pertinent facts to package them up in more profitable venues, and can't tell a hoax from a legit news story if lives depended on it.

Own it, industry leaders.  You built this.  Voters will have to correct your actions, and level the ground again.  Yes we can.  And we will.  No problem with the doing here. Independently.  On the record. With sources named (not shamed).  Fuck all y'all if you're hiding the Truth and getting paid for it.   Enjoy that gravy train while it's still running...