Hi,
Justice is getting harder and harder to come by. The reason the fourth estate (the press) was treated so liberally in the Constitution is simple. It was supposed to provide balanced INFORMATION for citizens to assimilate and thereby decide the rightness of any vote or action that had to be made.
It is too bad that the forces against our republic today choose to forget why that liberal freedom was granted. America has gone overboard to protect Freedom of the Press. Unfortunately, the enemies of a free state, one not tied to government control, have found ways to exploit that freedom for the benefit of only their beliefs.
Technology has provided a large forum for the press to inhabit and the nature of the beast provides tremendous opportunity for exploitation of news. More often than not, the press on TV and particularly the net has become a MOUTHPIECE for certain factions of NON-FREEDOM LOVING SEGMENTS of society. As long as the author's ideology is presented under his/her name, it is ethical; not by-lined (author's name), it is gossip.
THIS BLOGGER FINDS THIS TO BE TRUE AS WELL OF NEWS REPORTS IN EGYPT WHERE MANY UNTRAINED REPORTERS WITH STRONG SPECIAL INTERESTS HAVE SWAMPED THE NEWS ABOUT EGYPT'S PROBLEMS. Much of this happened when Egyptians voted in a new president in a tumultuous election. It obviously wasn't clear to many Egyptian voters that the Muslim Brotherhood intended to take over the country, make changes in its constitution so as to follow Sharia law and generally make Egypt a member of the Islamist community.
This blog is not dedicated to telling Egyptians what they should do. Unfortunately this blogger doesn't even know what America should do about its split factions. The blog rather is about the RESPONSIBILITY OF REPORTERS as well as NEWS MEDIA DIGESTS AND OTHER NEWS REPORTING AGENCIES.
THERE ARE NEWS WRITERS EVERYWHERE, SEEMINGLY UNDER EVERY CRACK IN THE SIDEWALK THESE DAYS AND THE ONLY OBLIGATION APPEARS TO BE THAT THINK THEY KNOW SOMETHING. REAL NEWS REPORTERS ---THROUGH THEIR DERELICTION TO ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY-- HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY WRITERS CLAIMING KNOWLEDGE THAT IS ACTUALLY IDEOLOGY AND A BACKGROUND IN POLITICAL DISSEMBLING. THERE IS NO UNDERSTANDING OR WILLINGNESS FOR OBJECTIVITY AND SELF-REGULATION. THE INFORMATION IS NOT DESIGNATED AS GOSSIP, PERSONAL OPINION, BLOG, OR PUBLIC RELATIONS BUT THROWN IN WITH "REAL NEWS".
THE PRESS IN ALL COUNTRIES HAS LOST RESPECT BECAUSE IT HAS SIMPLY BECOME AN OUTLET FOR ITS OWN BIAS. THERE WAS ALWAYS SOME BIAS BUT ORIGINALLY THE PRESS AT LEAST ATTEMPTED TO PRESENT BOTH SIDES OF AN ISSUE THEREBY KEEPING BIAS AT A REASONABLE LEVEL. WHEN THE REPORTER OR NEWS VENDOR GOT OUT OF LINE, THERE WERE EDITORS WHO SLAPPED THEIR KNUCKLES AND ASKED "WHAT KIND OF SHIT-ASS REPORTER ARE YOU ANYWAY ???????????REWRITE THIS AND KEEP IT REAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN JUST THAT LANGUAGE AND THE MOST SCORNFUL TONE POSSIBLE.
THIS BLOGGER CAME OUT OF THAT SCHOOL OF BRUISED KNUCKLES AND EGO BUT BY DAMN I RESPECTED IT. WHEN WE EXPRESSED OUR OWN OPINION, IT WENT UNDER OUR BY-LINE (SIGNATURE) SO THAT WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ELEMENTS WITHIN IT. THERE ARE A FEW OF THAT TYPE OF REPORTER LEFT BUT THEY ARE GETTING LOST IN THE MORASS OF PHONY NEWS AND WITH NEWSPAPERS ABOUT TO GO UNDER WE ARE ABOUT TO LOSE ANY REAL NEWS TO PROPAGANDA REPORTS.
WHO CURRENTLY RESPECTS THE PUBLIC RELATIONS TRIVIA THAT COMES OUT OF THE MEDIA, NEWSPAPERS, OR THE COMPUTER DRIVEL ????????????? THE PROUD REPORTERS OUT THERE ARE BEING OVERSHADOWED BY THE BIASED AND RABID SENSATIONALISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHO JUST DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Al Jazeera (English) HEADLINES a current article "Egypt coup spotlights local media complaints" (7/24/13) The author, Courtney C. Radsch states that any media code of ethics "needs to be based on self-regulation." (or maybe we need some old-time sarcastic editors??????????!!!) "the domestic media landscape lacks objectivity and is increasingly partisan." Hey this sounds familiar although it's about Egypt???????? "Experts say it was a major contributor to-as well as a victim of political turmoil- that divided the nation into camps against and for....................." This from a part of the press that is known by it's Islamic bias. Well written comments promote self-regulation.
Ayman Al-Sayyad, a journalist told Al Jazeera that "The surge of television channels after Morsi was elected, abandoned objectivity. He said "these 'vessels'....became a tool..........rather than informative."
It points up how quickly 'NEWS" CAN BECOME PROPAGANDA'. Let's face it. A Code of Ethics will only be as good as the respect GIVEN TO IT. The framers of a NEWS code that is professionally responsible AND ethical, MUST BE drafted by independent journalists without intrusion by Politicos. IT ALSO MUST BE overseen by ethical MEDIA owners and the editors of the media outlets. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY that REPORTERS WILL GAIN RESPECT AGAIN!!!! BY FOLLOWING A CODE OF TRUTH AND FAIRNESS TO ALL PARTIES THEREBY EARNING RESPECT WITH THEIR COVERAGE OF NEWS OR NEWS ARTICLES.
AND OF COURSE, OUR BIG MONIED AND MOUTHED PRESIDENT HAS WEIGHED IN ON LEADERSHIP BY FIRST SAYING HE WAS SENDING f-16 FIGHTERS THEN HALTING THE DELIVERY TO SHOW DISAPPROVAL OF THE MORSI OUSTER. THAT ENCOURAGED THE PRESS TO FILL IN WITH AN ANONYMOUS SPOKESMAN QUOTED AS SAYING "TRYING TO BREAK THE NECK OF THE BROTHERHOOD IS NOT GOING TO BE GOOD FOR EGYPT OR FOR THE REGION". OF COURSE WE ARE TOLD OUR PRESIDENT DOES NOT ADMIT TO FAVORING ISLAM.
Personally this blogger believes that if a spokesman is afraid to admit who's talking, then give us a break PUL............LEEZE and don't print it because it's most likely PROPAGANDA !!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND EXCUSES THE GUILTY !!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS BLOGGER HAS TO ASK WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO DISAGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE GUARDIAN HAS THIS TO SAY: "THE UNITED STATES HAS PUSHED FOR EGYPT'S VARIOUS FACTIONS TO RECONCILE AND FOR THE MILITARY TO ALLOW THE BROTHERHOOD BACK INTO POLITICS, MANY SECULAR EGYPTIANS RECOIL AT THE IDEA.
THE ARTICLE CONTINUES:"RECONCILIATION IS A VERY VAGUE TERM SAID SHADI AL-GHAZSALY HARB, A MEMBER OF THE LIBERAL CONSTITUTION PARTY AT A GATHERING OF THE 30JUNE FRONT, ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT MOBILIZED PROTESTERS AGAINST MORSI. "THE U.S. UNDERSTANDS THE WORD FROM ONE PERSPECTIVE, HE SAID, AND WE UNDERSTAND IT FROM ANOTHER." THIS POINTS OUT THAT NOT ONLY IS TRUTH DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE SINCE IT REQUIRES BOTH POINTS OF VIEW BUT DIFFERENCES IN LANGUAGE AND UNDERSTANDING BECOME PARAMOUNT FACTORS !!!!!!!!!!!! DOESN'T ETHICAL REPORTING BECOME EVEN MORE NECESSARY IN THE FACE OF ALL THAT ????????????????????????????
THIS BLOGGER OFFERS THAT EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG WITH THE EGYPTIAN PRESS CAN BE SAID OF OUR PRESS. AND UNLESS THE WRONGS ARE RIGHTED, WE LOSE THE KNOWLEDGE AND FREEDOM TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT PATH. ONCE LOST, THE PRESS AND U.S. CITIZENS WILL FIND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS WITH RESPONSIBLE ETHICS AND LACK OF BIAS HARD TO RECOVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS DOES NOT MEAN REPORTING THAT LACKS ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY AND KNOWLEDGE. AN ETHICAL FREE PRESS PUTS ASIDE BIAS FOR TRUTH.
CHEERS, CONNIE
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