I saw this question posed today.....has any profession lost more credibility than journalism in the last 10 years?
After pausing for 10 minutes and pondering over it....yeah, if I go back to the 1990s, to consider 30 years....I'm generally skeptical if watching any news piece (from the BBC to CNN) or if reading WaPo or N Y Times.
I'm even this way if viewing some local TV news while traveling in the US.
If you gave me a red-marker....I'd probably mark up half of a front-page....where I doubt the facts told....if part of the story is missing....or if it was written by a reporter who seems to have not finished the 9th grade of school.
Can things improve? How?
Even on sports news....I'm using the 'mute-button' a good bit.
Am I giving the podcast folks more of a chance to fill the void? Yeah. I'd say in an average day....I'm watching a minimum of 90 minutes of pod-cast time.
While I agree the journalism field has lost credibilty, I would argue that the medical field has lost more in trust and credibility than any other professional group over the last few years. Your thoughts?
ReplyDeleteIf you asked me on distrust in 1994, I would have ranked bank people, used-car salesmen and airline folks near the top. Today, there's probably a dozen fields where if you were sitting next to me and mentioned your profession....I might get up and leave the area. Yeah, med-folks are questionable...but same for religious folks from the Mega-churches, and probably so for police-management folks.
DeleteI agree with 22:46, plus I am going to include academia.
ReplyDeleteHeck, pretty much anybody involved at the uni level.
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But the ultimate loss of trust goes to the Diverse Including Equitably ('D.I.E.') crowd.
And I had such high hopes in their astounding potential, too.