Deez,
Everything this guy wrote is off in left field:
Who written him off as a joke? Is that the media's job to write people off as jokes? Wouldn't your job be just to report the facts? If you want to editorialize, that's fine. But be transparent about who is a pundit and who is a journalist/reporter (I'm looking at you Martha Raddatz).
He was only "worth your time" when he gained steam? I can understand if we're talking about who ever the nameless sacrificial lambs were in the Democratic primaries, but Trump, a reality show billionaire birther...he was only worth giving serious coverage when he gained steam? And when you did start to cover him as a serious news story, it was to scrutinize him? Again, I don't think most people care about what pundits say. If pundits want to rake candidates, that's fine. But journalists should report and scrutinize the facts, not scrutinize his politics.
We sure do...because when it comes to politics, your job as a journalist isn't to warn people to reject anything. Your job is to report. When journalists start warning people about politics, it becomes propaganda.
Easy....you just report the facts, your job. That way you don't have to think about how to navigate "impossible" situations. Your job is not to care about what a good portion of the public would tell you or what Trump supporters would complain about. Why do you even f'in care and think about that? Like the Law, the institution of Journalism should blindly be devoted to the value of integrity. If the facts to an allegation of child rape meets centuries long journalistic standards, then damm right your report that. But the allegation was complete and utter bull$%ht. The fact you bring that up in this pathetic excuse of an article when pontificating on journalistic "balance" is everything wrong with the media.
No...that is not your job. If you want to be Rachel Maddow or Sean Hannity, fine. But they aren't journalists. A journalist's job is integrity.
Another problem was the legitimization of comedic satire as real "journalism" and even as serious editorial.
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Last edited: Nov 14, 2016