Any Journalists here, YOU MUST FEEL PATHETIC!! (pizzagate)

submitted ago by Annon365

I understand a lot of journo's hands are tied who work for MSM but there are plenty of very popular websites that aren't dictated to. Look at the amazing work going on here, PROPER Journalism! Anyone not shouting off the rooftop about what is being uncovered here is helping these people, ITS YOUR JOB!! Just like to say I've been here from the start and it's brilliant watching everyone work together and building on each other's leads, it's like watching how a police investigation works from the inside, you people are amazing. we are close guys! I can't wait for the day we can make all these doubters and cover-uppers eat their own words !!

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Yates ago

They don't feel. It's common knowledge that high-functioning MKs are placed in these positions. Normal people wouldn't be able to blatantly lie like they do without having a crisis of consciousness. Their compartmentalized minds protect them from that.

MAGA_OR_GTFO ago

I've been interviewed a few times and always been amazed at what an inaccurate job the journos did in presenting my position. Many of them had no reason to put words in my mouth.

In my opinion, therefore, only some journalists are conscience-free sociopaths. Most of the rest are simply incompetent.

PoeticallyIncorrect ago

I've been interested in why Journalism quality has gone so far downhill and heard a theory that with an increase in Journalism graduates over the years, competition rose and lowered the value of the position which led to incompetent people taking the jobs for such low pay.

This journalism study has some evidence for and against that claim, but it mostly seems to indicate that the highest paying positions are with the government and that there has been a severe increase in online/mobile journalism jobs. I assume the online media, with the advantage of nearly free distribution focuses on quantity over quality and that's why we see such shit journalism today.

Then again...this study was conducted by journalists haha

MAGA_OR_GTFO ago

I'd give you an upvote for that great hyperlink, but apparently I'm out of upvotes for today edit: figured out that I could undo upvotes in order to get one back, so here, have one

Anyway, the pathetically low post-graduation employment rate (discussed in the article you linked) should mitigate against hacks: Only the cream of the crop should get to have a job. So it's consistent that the evidence is both for and against.

My guess is that the incompetence of most journalists is a combination of (a) pressure from editors to skew the story, which is difficult to do effectively when the data from interviews say something else, (b) the lack of time to carefully listen and think critically about what the data are saying, due to the need to publish so much in so little time, and (c) the general decline in critical thinking skills among the American population, due to so many many factors that include our crap educational system, our damaged attention span, our inability to trust sources or to discern when a source is trustworthy, and so many other factors.

PoeticallyIncorrect ago

Thanks, one in return for you. Most of the journalism majors I knew in college cared more for the fame than the facts. Although I doubt this is any different than journalism majors from 50 years ago, I agree that the medium of information, increased competition, and lack of attention are all contributing to the decline of factual reporting.

There's a small sect of libertarian thinkers who believe the public education system has purposefully made our population worse at critical thinking and more worried about social injustices to support the need-for-big-government narrative. SAT Math Scores have indeed fallen...so maybe there's something to be said for it.

MAGA_OR_GTFO ago

Hm, I'm not sure that the destruction of our kids' critical thinking skills is necessarily intentional, but I do think there are teachers unions and other institutions that care far more for themselves than for our kids.