Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Journalistic Suicide

The Daily Caller documents how media sources now writing nice things about the recently deceased Senator John McCain wrote ugly things about him while he lived. This is no surprise to those of us who pay attention.

The legacy media largely follow this policy: the only good Republican is a dead Republican. And then wonder why live Republicans think them degenerate propagandists. They beclown themselves nearly every time they go on air or to press.

A question we might ponder is whether representative government can flourish in the absence of reportage of all sides of the questions facing it. It is still possible to find voices on the right in our media, but one has to make an effort and I fear many don't bother.

Market forces are inexorable, whatever one might wish. Watch as newspapers wither and die, and TV network ratings go flat.

Journalists, it appears, would rather be happy with what they write than have an audience for same. How very odd.

Over time this path leads to the Darwin Award, the unemployment office and an involuntary, and probably unwanted, career change. Next stop: "Do you want fries with that order?"