Media screws up again...

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message

Everybody trash talks journalists for not knowing as much as they do
about
whatever field of expertise they are in. See my point? Yet they
still
read the papers, still watch the news...

Yeah, but I read the papers and watch the news with the knowledge the
reporter probably got it wrong.

So why do you watch, then? Start your own news agency or simply don't
read/watch the news.

Lousy pilots weed themselves out eventually. Lousy reporters keep on
reporting.

And yet you keep on reading it.

-c

"gatt" wrote in message
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So why do you watch, then?


Live video feeds, eyewitness reports, photographs. Things the reporter
can't screw up.



And yet you keep on reading it.


Yes, I still subscribe to my local newspaper. I have dropped my
subscriptions to Time, Newsweek, and US News & World Report. My local
newspaper still has TV and movie listings, grocery coupons, various flyers,
etc., so it is still worth receiving.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message

Live video feeds, eyewitness reports, photographs. Things the reporter
can't screw up.

That's somewhat naive. All the photographer has to do is point the camera
in the wrong direction, or mistate the environment surrounding the events
(say, for example, a firefight in Baghdad) and you have no idea what is
going on. "Your eyes can deceive you." - Obi Wan. :

Yes, I still subscribe to my local newspaper. I have dropped my
subscriptions to Time, Newsweek, and US News & World Report. My local
newspaper still has TV and movie listings, grocery coupons, various
flyers,
etc., so it is still worth receiving.

That is proactive and reasonable.

-c

"gatt" wrote in message
...

That's somewhat naive.


No, it isn't.



All the photographer has to do is point the camera
in the wrong direction,


Then he won't have the intended photograph.



or mistate the environment surrounding the events
(say, for example, a firefight in Baghdad) and you have no idea what is
going on.


I trust the photographer to know his location.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message

That's somewhat naive.

No, it isn't.

Okay. I'm sure you know all about it. I studied under a two-time Pulizer
winner, earned a degree in journalism, won national awards for my stories
and edited and managed a magazine.

I'm sure your credentials are staggering. There are also people who ride
on airliners who think they can fly better than the pilot every time they
hit turbulence. Keep jamming on that Flight Attendant Call button and
pestering the crew and maybe the turbulence will stop.

-c

"gatt" wrote in message
...

Okay. I'm sure you know all about it.


You're right.



I studied under a two-time Pulizer
winner, earned a degree in journalism, won national awards for my stories
and edited and managed a magazine.


Biased journalists regularly receive journalism awards.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message

Okay. I'm sure you know all about it.

You're right.

LOL! So, where did you get all this knowledge? I mean, if my Pulitzer
Prize winning advisor and national writing awards don't qualify me to
comment about the media as much as you, I want my journalism education to be
as good as yours.

Enlighten us. Where did you get your media expertise? Let me guess. You
watch TV.

Biased journalists regularly receive journalism awards.

Won any yourself?

-c