Once upon a time I briefly thought about becoming a journalist. In college I spent some time with Saville
Davis of The Christian Science Monitor. He asked one question that helped me make up my mind. “Do you want to change things or report things.” He emphasized the difference between activism and journalism. Today there doesn’t seem to be a distinction.
I might be inclined to forego any expectation of reality from my Fourth Estate if I feel it is because of the inept education it got. But lying to me on purpose is unforgivable. And it seems to me that the longer the "journalist " is around the more damaging his Doublethinking Newspeak!
Do they lie to us on purpose? or as so often is the case, today comforting cognitive dissonance rules Why confront the serious issues and the truth when the alternative is so easy Your visit to your place of birth is interesting as the PM of Australia wants to fine Elon Musk for not censuring images of
a recent attack on a controversial ‘man of the cloth’ Why? Who has the right to decide what the world sees no matter how awful or not The Australian prime minister appears to think he does
I too trained as a journalist, at the esteemed City of Birmingham Polytechnic and much use it was as I forged my career developing restaurants. I should have read the runes when as a schoolboy I signed up to become the Parish Correspondent for the Leicester Mercury. My first story was to report on the death of a notable village figure Herbert Henson; an enormously fat man who in his latter years always sat on a notably wobbly chair on the pavement outside his front door.
His wife Beatty was a renowned battleaxe who also did the "laying out" of the deceased in the small Northamptonshire village where we all lived. With this in mind as I dismounted my pushbike, it was perhaps with trepidation that I knocked on their front door. Mrs Henson quickly opened the door and as I stumblingly introduced myself as the parish correspondent for the Mercury who wished to ask a few questions about her dead husband quickly replied, "No you're not, you're that Hugh Fowler from out of the village, CLEAR OFF". Crusading young journalist that I was, I quickly remounted my bike and did as bidden.
I was the Sports Editor of my college newspaper and one year I took a class on journalism. I remember the professor saying, "The front pages of the newspaper were for 'factual news.' If you want your views known, that is what the editoral page is for." Well, that has gone out the window.
Maybe the Cloonster’s reticence came from hard learned lessons as well. I read in an interview with him (in a magazine, on paper, so it was long ago) that he had funded a well for a village somewhere in Africa. A pretty nice thing to do, yes? Unfortunately, as he told the story, the neighboring villagers came over and slaughtered the (former) benefactors of his benevolence, because they didn’t have a well. I’m guessing there might be more to the story, but he said he had learned a valuable lesson. I’m sure there’s a fable that warns us of things like this.
Yep. He was very professional. Of course, the young female journalists in the office never forgave me for landing (by pure dumb luck) that assignment on day one. Didn’t help that I forever after referred to the brief, 2 min exchange as “my time with Gorgeous George.”
Wow! I learned 4 new words that I might forget. Great writing.
I was in PC, Honduras, 1968, when they had a war with El Salvador. I read nothing like it in Time magazine.
I was also in Chile, 1970, when Allende was elected and witnessed the stupidity of the CIA that brought it about.
Now, I read the WAPO and some woppers. The bylines are mostly Indian, from India. They have an educational system based on rigorous excellence and they infiltrate the First Circle into the United States. one runs Microsoft.
Wit is everything and you have it. Forget truth as Camus believed as an existentialist that the only truth is that there is no truth.
Personally, I must be brilliant as Master Socrates also believed that the beginning of wisdom is to know you know nothing and as a Buddhist at heart I have perfected the “no mind”!
Joel, you put a smile on my face with the Clooney paragraph... Thanks.
Please do continue exploring the nature of the those populating the mainstream media (what I often call Oligarch media). Sometimes I think they are literally working for the Intelligence Community, while at other times I'm certain there is much less depth and they are simply trying to retain the approval of a cadre of people they call friends.
Speaking of Cloony, or more pervasively actors or Hollywood, Megyn Kelly has a great podcast on Nickelodian and their molestation of young kids. I guess these actors / producers have something in common with truth and portrayal of the unfair and undesirable in their eyes. Pretty sure they feel it would be unfair not to allow them to play with their children actors. Or at least allow trans stars dance around in front of kindergartners. I would suppose given Cloonst and given the Titanic's star's propensity to lecture, I recently read he went down to Argentina to lecture Milei on moving away from socialism. I'm kinda feeling like Hollywood in general may be a fine indicator of both wrong as opposed to right and economic incompetence all wrapped up into one big Hollywood show of deceit. Personally I feel it would be only fair to allow Paul Krugman to do a show on Nickelodian. I hear he has a great lecture on Platinum coins as well as a beautiful concept to eliminate debt via a large denomination platinum coin. I'd like to see Biden produce a show on How to Win Friends and Influence People, he seems to have some new methods of coercion in collusion with MSM. There is one really great thing about MSM now,.. is that one can completely avoid the wasted time of listening to absolutely anything they have to say.
By definition, actors are liars...they pretend to be someone they are not. I always look for satan's "signature," it's in almost every movie ever made, and not that hard to find anymore.
Once upon a time I briefly thought about becoming a journalist. In college I spent some time with Saville
Davis of The Christian Science Monitor. He asked one question that helped me make up my mind. “Do you want to change things or report things.” He emphasized the difference between activism and journalism. Today there doesn’t seem to be a distinction.
So well said. “Just the facts, ma’am” has gone by the wayside.
I might be inclined to forego any expectation of reality from my Fourth Estate if I feel it is because of the inept education it got. But lying to me on purpose is unforgivable. And it seems to me that the longer the "journalist " is around the more damaging his Doublethinking Newspeak!
Alas, it is as you describe. We have to look elsewhere, away from the MSM, for the real story now.
Unfortunately, we few who look elsewhere can not move the many who have no idea what's happening to them. Frustrating!
Do they lie to us on purpose? or as so often is the case, today comforting cognitive dissonance rules Why confront the serious issues and the truth when the alternative is so easy Your visit to your place of birth is interesting as the PM of Australia wants to fine Elon Musk for not censuring images of
a recent attack on a controversial ‘man of the cloth’ Why? Who has the right to decide what the world sees no matter how awful or not The Australian prime minister appears to think he does
Wonderful perspective on Info World, Joel. Your numbers are gonna grow if you keep this up 😎.
Happy Easter Joel. Love the pictures! What a great and interesting setting. Much nicer office . Thanks for the wonderful Notes!
I too trained as a journalist, at the esteemed City of Birmingham Polytechnic and much use it was as I forged my career developing restaurants. I should have read the runes when as a schoolboy I signed up to become the Parish Correspondent for the Leicester Mercury. My first story was to report on the death of a notable village figure Herbert Henson; an enormously fat man who in his latter years always sat on a notably wobbly chair on the pavement outside his front door.
His wife Beatty was a renowned battleaxe who also did the "laying out" of the deceased in the small Northamptonshire village where we all lived. With this in mind as I dismounted my pushbike, it was perhaps with trepidation that I knocked on their front door. Mrs Henson quickly opened the door and as I stumblingly introduced myself as the parish correspondent for the Mercury who wished to ask a few questions about her dead husband quickly replied, "No you're not, you're that Hugh Fowler from out of the village, CLEAR OFF". Crusading young journalist that I was, I quickly remounted my bike and did as bidden.
Classic 😂
I was the Sports Editor of my college newspaper and one year I took a class on journalism. I remember the professor saying, "The front pages of the newspaper were for 'factual news.' If you want your views known, that is what the editoral page is for." Well, that has gone out the window.
Yup
Maybe the Cloonster’s reticence came from hard learned lessons as well. I read in an interview with him (in a magazine, on paper, so it was long ago) that he had funded a well for a village somewhere in Africa. A pretty nice thing to do, yes? Unfortunately, as he told the story, the neighboring villagers came over and slaughtered the (former) benefactors of his benevolence, because they didn’t have a well. I’m guessing there might be more to the story, but he said he had learned a valuable lesson. I’m sure there’s a fable that warns us of things like this.
Yep. He was very professional. Of course, the young female journalists in the office never forgave me for landing (by pure dumb luck) that assignment on day one. Didn’t help that I forever after referred to the brief, 2 min exchange as “my time with Gorgeous George.”
That is so sad... and a tragic lesson in unintended consequences...
Meant beneficiaries, not “benefactors”
Wow! I learned 4 new words that I might forget. Great writing.
I was in PC, Honduras, 1968, when they had a war with El Salvador. I read nothing like it in Time magazine.
I was also in Chile, 1970, when Allende was elected and witnessed the stupidity of the CIA that brought it about.
Now, I read the WAPO and some woppers. The bylines are mostly Indian, from India. They have an educational system based on rigorous excellence and they infiltrate the First Circle into the United States. one runs Microsoft.
The proper term is 'Slurpee Indian.'
Wit is everything and you have it. Forget truth as Camus believed as an existentialist that the only truth is that there is no truth.
Personally, I must be brilliant as Master Socrates also believed that the beginning of wisdom is to know you know nothing and as a Buddhist at heart I have perfected the “no mind”!
Lush Missive.
Happy Easter and Autumn to You and Your Team
Happy Easter to you and yours too!
Joel, you put a smile on my face with the Clooney paragraph... Thanks.
Please do continue exploring the nature of the those populating the mainstream media (what I often call Oligarch media). Sometimes I think they are literally working for the Intelligence Community, while at other times I'm certain there is much less depth and they are simply trying to retain the approval of a cadre of people they call friends.
I do very much appreciate your wit.
They are working for the "intelligence" community! The three letter agencies send them 'press releases,' and they print them as actual stories.
Speaking of Cloony, or more pervasively actors or Hollywood, Megyn Kelly has a great podcast on Nickelodian and their molestation of young kids. I guess these actors / producers have something in common with truth and portrayal of the unfair and undesirable in their eyes. Pretty sure they feel it would be unfair not to allow them to play with their children actors. Or at least allow trans stars dance around in front of kindergartners. I would suppose given Cloonst and given the Titanic's star's propensity to lecture, I recently read he went down to Argentina to lecture Milei on moving away from socialism. I'm kinda feeling like Hollywood in general may be a fine indicator of both wrong as opposed to right and economic incompetence all wrapped up into one big Hollywood show of deceit. Personally I feel it would be only fair to allow Paul Krugman to do a show on Nickelodian. I hear he has a great lecture on Platinum coins as well as a beautiful concept to eliminate debt via a large denomination platinum coin. I'd like to see Biden produce a show on How to Win Friends and Influence People, he seems to have some new methods of coercion in collusion with MSM. There is one really great thing about MSM now,.. is that one can completely avoid the wasted time of listening to absolutely anything they have to say.
By definition, actors are liars...they pretend to be someone they are not. I always look for satan's "signature," it's in almost every movie ever made, and not that hard to find anymore.
Good point Alex. I recall someone…I believe it may have been Joel…one time calling actors “Professional Fake People” and the term stuck with me.