tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post3749794352607422409..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: How journalists get playedNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-9915767940580905212013-05-22T10:04:36.770-05:002013-05-22T10:04:36.770-05:00Tumulty is just being stupid in her tweet. Kim wa...Tumulty is just being stupid in her tweet. Kim was part of the government and Rosen actually functioned as a stenographer. He didn't vet the source nor the intelligence and certainly didn't consider the consequences of publishing the leaked information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-39608621373408902182013-05-21T20:49:34.278-05:002013-05-21T20:49:34.278-05:00I've honestly come to believe that today's...I've honestly come to believe that today's journalists - at least those in WDC - cannot think, have no understanding of the importance of the reporting they OUGHT to be doing, are politically ignorant and are basically lazy besides. They function 'best' (only?) when info/talking points are handed to them. I think Ms Tumulty simply acknowledges THEIR reality in this tweet. One has only to listen to the kinds of questions the WHPC asks PBO's Press Secretary, and the President himself, and the repetitious nature of those questions to realize the truth of this. Have you noticed that even when US media travel abroad with the President or his admin their questions rarely if ever reflect the content of the speeches given? IMO other alternatives exist for those journalists willing to DO THE JOB with honesty and integrity. These guys/gals just aren't. Or maybe they truly don't know how. They are basically REPORTers in a literal sense; gossipers, if you will. Channeling Scott Pelley [real] 'Journalism was invented as an antidote to gossip'.<br />http://video.ca.msn.com/watch/video/scott-pelley-journalists-are-getting-the-big-stories-wrong-over-and-over-again/2tqxwho4wVCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-55627113489753162122013-05-21T20:35:30.493-05:002013-05-21T20:35:30.493-05:00tumulty is just an extra-idiotic variation on the ...tumulty is just an extra-idiotic variation on the "either journalists can do anything they want, or else ZOMG NO PRESS FREEDOM"sherifffruitflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14676077292357887614noreply@blogger.com