I am an avid new junkie. I love watching, reading, writing and talking about the news. Most of what I know of the world comes from hard working journalists.
My problem is that an issue comes up, Like Hillary reorganizing her campaign or Bill Richardson is leaving the race. Last night on MSNBC a reporter reported that the AP article was being denied by the Richardson campaign. Or seeing Dan Abrams point out a reporter on FOX news had made up campaign changes in the Hillary campaign proving the reporter was making up the story by the end of the segment.
News is for reporting. Columnists, editorial pages and bloggers can put opinion in the news. When a journalist places editorial comments in the reports it cheapens the information.
I want to trust what I see and read. They are professionals and they have more resources than the public on getting, researching and reporting. So why make up news?
It seems unhealthy that the news industry is acting in interests that are not just reporting the facts.
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