POST306 "WHAT'S SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE IS SAUCE FOR THE GANDER"!

Hi.

THIS BLOGGER REALIZES THAT SHE IS REALLY TOUGH ON THE PRESS BUT HAVING BEEN A MINOR MEMBER OF THAT AUGUST GROUP SHE KNOWS THE PROBLEMS AND WEAKNESS. THE CIRITICISM SHOULD COME FROM SOMEONE WHO’S BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT !!!!!!

IT HAS ALWAYS SEEMED STRANGE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PRESS WILL OFTEN ADMIRE REPORTERS WHO ATTEMPT TO BE FAIR AND REPORT THE NEWS WITHOUT SLANTING IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. THEY’LL GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO ADMIRE THEM VOCALLY SO YOU KNOW THEY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE -- RIGHT FROM WRONG. BUT DO THEY GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO EMULATE THEM ??????????????  SOME DO BUT THE MAJORITY?????--- DO NOT-- AS YOU COULD NOTICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THAT’S WHAT FLOORS THIS BLOGGER. IT JUST DOESN’T MAKE GOOD SENSE. SURE THERE ARE PROBABLY LOTS OF JUSTIFICATIONS BUT IT STILL COMES DOWN TO GOOD REPORTING. REMEMBER GOOD REPORTING IS NOT TELLING A STORY OR TELLING FOLKS WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR--IT’S PRESENTING REALITY AS A MEANS OF DOING YOUR JOB. REALITY MEANS PRESENTING THE FACTS (ONLY) CLEARLY AND CONSISTENLY. IF A REPORTER WANTS TO STATE HIS/HER OWN VIEWS THEN   A  FOLLOW UP STORY WITH A BY-LINE IS WRITTEN MAKING IT CLEAR IT IS THE REPORTER'S OWN VIEWS.  

FRANKLY, A REPORTER’S EGO IS NOT THE PRIMARY CONCERN OF THE READER OR THEIR BOSS. NOR ARE THE PRINCIPLES OF WRITING FAIR AND HONEST NEWS. IF YOU WORK FOR A PAPER OR A SYNDICATE OR ANY MEDIA THAT IS BIASED, THEN YOU WEREN’T HIRED TO PRESENT THE TRUTH AND ANYTHING YOU WRITE SHOULD GO OUT AS BY-LINED  COPY OR SYNDICATION OR UNDER YOUR BROADCAST NAME. NOT AS TRUE REPORTING. UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO ADD THEIR OWN SLANT TO THE NEWS WOULD RATHER NOT ADVERTISE THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

SO WHAT SHOULD A NEWSMAN LIKE THIS DO? ??????????? OBVIOUSLY "QUIT" IS A GOOD ANSWER BUT MAY NOT BE AN OPTION. REPORTERS LIKE TO EAT AS WELL AS THE NEXT. THIS BLOGGER SUGGESTS THE PRESSMENS ASSOCIATION  WORLD WIDE ADOPT RULES FOR THIS SLANTED NEWS OUTLET MIND SET THAT WILL ALLOW THEIR REPORTERS TO REMAIN FAITHFUL TO GOOD PRESS. AN OBVIOUS RULE AND AN EASY ONE IS TO REQUIRE ALL SLANTED COPY CARRY A BY-LINE AND A NOTICE THAT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEW OF THE REPORTER.

 AFTER ALL A SLANTED NEWS STORY  DEMANDED BY THE NEWS OUTLET SIMPLY BECOMES PROPAGANDA FOR WHATEVER IT PROMOTES. THE REPORTER IS NO LONGER TRULY A REPORTER BUT A PROMOTER WHO PROMOTES ONE SIDE OF AN ISSUE MORE HIGHLY THAN ANOTHER AND THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW THAT AND THE REPORTER DESERVES THAT PROTECTION.

THE PROBLEM OF REPORTERS BECOMING PROMOTERS FOR LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE VIEWS CAUSES A GREAT MANY PROBLEMS WHEN THAT IS NOT CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC. THIS BLOGGER UNDERSTANDS HOW GULLABLE MUCH OF THE PUBLIC MAY SEEM.  ONE CASE ABOUT A YEAR AGO ON A POPULAR CHANNEL FEATURED A TELEVISION REPORTER HEAPING LAUDATORY FALSE PRAISE ON HIMSELF IN RELATION TO A CONTINUING NEWS STORY .THAT EPISODE RESULTED IN HIS SUSPENSION AND RE-LOCATION. THIS BLOGGER UNDERSTOOD HIS SITUATION THUSLY. THE STATION IS NOTORIOUS FOR SLANTING THE NEWS AND HE WAS THE NARRATOR OF THEIR FICTION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  SO, WHY SHOULDN’T HE ADD A BIT OF AGGRANDIZEMENT TO HIS OWN SITUATION..AFTER ALL “WHAT’S SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE IS SAUCE FOR THE GANDER !!!!!!!!!!!!! UNFORTUNATELY HE FORGOT THAT WHEN THE GANDER PAYS THE BILLS AND HE IS EMBARRASSED BY THE GOOSE’S OBVIOUS EXAGGERATION WHICH  AS A RESULT THEN POINTS UP THE WHOLE PHONY NEWSCAST,  THE SHIT AS THEY SAY HITS THE FAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS KIND OF PRESS HAS BEEN AROUND FROM THE BEGINNING AND CREATES A BAD NAME FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED BUT GOOD MEDIA INCLUDING NEWSPAPERS AND TV DO EXIST AND WORK VERY HARD TO FOLLOW THE RULES.

IT’S JUST THAT IN RECENT YEARS THERE ARE FEWER AND FEWER  OF THE GOOD ONES. THAT’S WHY BLOGGING HAS BECOME IMPORTANT. IT’S A WAY TO STATE YOUR OPINION AND NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW SOMEONE ELSE’S ASSININE ATTEMPTS TO CONVERT THE PUBLIC TO ONE OR ANOTHER OF THE VARYING PHILOSOPHIES THAT EXIST. IT’S AN EXERCISE IN PRESENTING YOUR OWN ASSININE VIEWS UNDER YOUR OWN LOGO. THAT’S UPFRONT AND REAL IF NOT ALWAYS REALISTIC !!!!!!!!!!

AS YOU STUDY THE NEWS DURING THE ELECTION MONTHS AHEAD MAKE NOTE OF HOW THE NEWS YOU HEAR IS SLANTED. WHO THEY CLAIM ARE THE BAD GUYS AND WEAR BLACK HATS AND WHO ARE THE GOOD GUYS (GUYS BEING A EUPHEMISM FOR MEN  AND WOMEN) AND WEAR THE WHITE HATS. WHO HAS STATISTICS THAT HAVE SLANTED FAVORITISM. AND WHO IS CLEAR ABOUT WHAT EACH PARTY REPRESENTS IN TERMS OF VALUES THAT ARE UNIQUELY AMERICAN  OR WHICH REPRESENTS SOCIALISM.

AS YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY TO SEVERAL TV STATIONS OR GLANCE AT SEVERAL NEWSPAPERS YOU MAY BE STARTLED BY WHAT YOU REALLY LEARN !!!!!!!!!!!!!! BECOMING A DISCERNING  LISTENER OR READER CAN OFFER YOU MUCH  OF THE INSIGHT YOU DESIRE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY CAN’T HIDE EVERYTHING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHEERS, CONNIE