Freedom of press.

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(02-21-2017, 12:54 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote:   Hard news articles are frequently peppered with editorial comments.  If the press wants to be taking seriously again by the part of the public that no longer does then they need to start reporting facts, cease engaging in conjecture and stop throwing editorial comments in hard news items.

Unfortunately, this has been the trend over the last 10-15 years. And to point fingers, it's mostly J schools and their lack of preparing students for the job.

I'm rapidly getting to the age where I'm old enough to know things, but young enough not to be outdated (yet). So I work with younger journalists when I can. And it amazes me how little most of them learned about writing, the actual mechanics of language and word usage. They're good at grammar, but don't understand the weight of the words they chose. Or don't care. In that same line of thinking, I'm also surprised how few know about not putting themselves into the situation. The majority of focus seems to be avoiding plagiarism, sticking to AP, and trying to get people to approach things 'out-of-the-box.'

Which, with the last one, is great, except there's not enough warm bodies in news rooms these days doing the traditional in the box style of digging up facts and putting them out there unpolished.

(02-21-2017, 12:57 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I think stating "Declairing war on the American people" is a little extreme; however, he should be allowed to say it.

 

Agreed