Here's a sad comment about the state of journalism, taken from The Atlantic Online, October 2009:
"With journalists being laid off in droves, savvy political operatives have stepped eagerly into the breach. What’s most troubling is not that TV-news producers mistake their work for journalism, which is bad enough, but that young people drawn to journalism increasingly see no distinction between disinterested reporting and hit-jobbery."
As a writer, I think I know the difference between opinion and news, but I'm constantly amazed by how the line is blurred not just on every station, but in every gathering where a political topic is raised.
The author of the quote is Mark Bowden and the article is titled "The Story Behind the Story." Good read.
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