12-11-2018, 07:06 PM
(12-11-2018, 04:23 PM)Au165 Wrote: I am actually really familiar with it due to my work with Customs and Border Protection, but with that said however you may try to spin it they are still completely different things. The Mexican President has never ordered a hit on a reporter because he disagreed with them.
Oh, I agree they aren't perfect parallels and I do agree that the KAS example is by far the most egregious. I'm just wondering why we never hear about the journalists murdered in Mexico if we're all so worried about journalists being mistreated/murdered. Not a mention of a Mexican journalist in the OP at all. Also the Baltimore shooting was a long burning feud, I have a hard time tying that one into the current attack on the journalistic profession.
(12-11-2018, 05:37 PM)Benton Wrote: On the one hand I don't like it. Journalists, by and large, are supposed to tell the story, not be the story .on the other hand, there are a minority of people with a lot of influence making that a difficult thing to do. And, as the selections show, it's not a problem inherent to any one part of the globe.
Well stated. I think that they take Trump so personally that they do often make themselves the story. Making your own profession "person of the year" strikes me as very self serving and gauche. The stories are certainly important and they should be widely discussed, but the whole thing reeks of self serving platitudes.
(12-11-2018, 06:49 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I am lost here. Do you think it is self-congratulatory or not?
And what is your point? It seems you are suggesting there is something wrong with it, but it is hard to tell.
As you're apparently unfamiliar with the adult concept known as sarcasm your confusion is hardly surprising.
