When I was a youngster (long long ago ) I went to college. “Yes, I even graduated with a BA then on to get a law degree at night”. one class I explored as a undergrad was journalism. Even back in the Stone Age, there was too much homogeneity in network reporting. We in our class monitored national broadcasts.
There was a difference. How was there a difference and more importantly why! Homogeneity in network reporting in my day occurred because reporters as well as news editors shared a common filter. Everyone views the world through their own filters.( common life experiences translated similarly)There were checks on opinions. Opinions were for the opinion page, not news! News answered the questions, who, what , where and when. Why and how were supplied by the reader after critical thought!
The educational schools in the 1970’s decided that education was about physical/ behavioral differences, and abandoned all checks on journalistic reporting. So, we hire based upon skin tones and sexual preferences and of course gender. ( Back when we thought we could tell. )
Additionally, enter the “New Liberal Elite”. Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton. Michelle told us everyone should go to college! How Sociiety produces needed goods and services is tomorrow’s question .
They extended the definition of diversity to cover only those, who accepted the “new world views”. Among these enlightened liberals were militant feminists. These individuals not only believed in female equality , though not true equality, but sameness of outcome for all.
Utilizing Clintonian equality, only 4+ 0 = 4. Females are bumpy boys in search of their place in society. Transgenders are victims! Most blacks lack fathers in their home and are economically disadvantaged leading to an indefinite period of universal black subservience.
This new order led to a predominantly new era in the female educational establishment. Education changed to emphasis on only memorization. Since all believed in equality of outcome, there was no need for critical thought. Any deviation was educational heresy!
News was easily reduced to one sided sound bites. Why question? There can be only one answer. These soundbites were perpetually repeated without regard for the who, what where and when they were based upon.
Why the deviation in an article about news? Understanding where we are requires understanding how we got there. The movement was incremental. It required the public’s buy in on each step! We blindly accepted! Led by suburban republican women and a beaten down Beta Republican who male population.
It’s time to return news to asking, who what, where and when. Time for push back against lies perpetrated by news media. Who was killed on Jan 6? What were the causes of death. When did they die? Democrats have an answer that includes a stroke victim.Republicans say two. Both members of ”the mob”. We should know answers to these and other questions.
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