Posted on 10/21/2008 3:02:35 PM PDT by NedRocker
Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights? By Orson Scott Card
Editor's note: Orson Scott Card is a Democrat and a newspaper columnist, and in this opinion piece he takes on both while lamenting the current state of journalism.
An open letter to the local daily paper — almost every local daily paper in America:
Read Article Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights? By Orson Scott Card
Editor's note: Orson Scott Card is a Democrat and a newspaper columnist, and in this opinion piece he takes on both while lamenting the current state of journalism.
An open letter to the local daily paper — almost every local daily paper in America:
(Excerpt) Read more at ldsmag.com ...
I would disagree with just one of his comments, the last line: “… it’s time you were all fired and real journalists brought in …” It should be “real reporters brought in.” I guess I also disagree with “All the President’s Men … that’s journalism.” Bull. That’s fiction and an exercise in personal destruction, which is still the stock in trade for the Washington Post. Makaka!
Hate to tell you this but the last honest reporter died of natural causes in 1900.
Looks like you’ll have to turn the lights out yourself.
What’s that?
Oh — OK.
Never mind.
OBAMA WILL DO IT!
Except I believe all journalists covering this charade of a presidential election should be fired, then jailed for putting our precious republic in grave peril.
Excellent read, thanks.
The last honest reporters left the stage a long time ago. You won’t see a group fighting for light duty. They prefer to slink around in the dark.
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