Yes. It’s very frustrating. In a twisted way, they seem focused on the Woodward & Bernstein model. You just have to bring down the President. That’s the whole goal of the game. But they don’t seem to realize that the Political Establishment is corrupt and treasonous and really needs to be toppled. But those are the people the journalists are propping up. The guy who wants to cleanup the mess in Washington is the guy the journalists want to destroy.
I’ve worked with quite a few journalists. On the whole, they are not the brightest. They don’t generally have any deep knowledge on any topic. They write fast. That’s their primary skill. It doesn’t make them deep thinkers.
Some of them are Leftwing ideologies who just want someone like Hillary to rule over us. But most of them are just too dumb to really distinguish the Good Guys from the Bad Guys.
Good point. You always hear media types whining about deadlines. You almost never hear them talk about accuracy. If and when they do, they merely tick off the ‘confirmation’ box as cover even though such confirmations are often fallacious.
And in the Internet age that primary skill is more and more valuable. Old-fashioned investigative journalism isn't cost effective anymore, sadly.
I've been a straight A journalism major from 7th grade through college graduation and agree with you, 100%. The vast majority of my co-undergrads were ill-educated and talentless. I was fortunate to have had disciplined, old school instructors - all of whom would be disgusted and appalled by today's crop of mashed potatoes.