Today it is called, "Journalish".
It has the look, feel and appearance but without the substance, accuracy and profession attributes of the old time Journalism.
Okay, I'm stumped; what was this thing?
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It has the look, feel and appearance but without the substance, accuracy and profession attributes of the old time Journalism.
Looks like either a helicopter or some kind of drone to me.
Three lights at the back and one at the front.
The blurry phone video makes it look like all of those lights are jet engine exhausts or something.
As it flies toward the horizon, it appears to be "coming down" and slowing as it descends.
But that is just an artifact of perspective.
The farther away it gets the lower and slower it appears to be flying.
All easily explained by simple optical principles. But even the simplest of scientific principles are overlooked by the ignorant in the quest for "a breaking story".
So, the local "news journalists" want to make it out to be something much more sinister.
They have to figure out a way to fill all their airtime with something...
Sensationalism at its very finest...
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Three lights at the back and one at the front.
The blurry phone video makes it look like all of those lights are jet engine exhausts or something.
As it flies toward the horizon, it appears to be "coming down" and slowing as it descends.
But that is just an artifact of perspective.
The farther away it gets the lower and slower it appears to be flying.
All easily explained by simple optical principles. But even the simplest of scientific principles are overlooked by the ignorant in the quest for "a breaking story".
So, the local "news journalists" want to make it out to be something much more sinister.
They have to figure out a way to fill all their airtime with something...
Sensationalism at its very finest...
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There are still solid journalists out there that do their homework.
Peter Doosy, Catherine Herridge and Scott Jennings come to mind.
Peter Doosy, Catherine Herridge and Scott Jennings come to mind.
Yes there are. But there aren't very many of them, and they seem to be a rapidly-shrinking minority.
I subscribe to multiple news feeds, and I continue to be amazed, every single day, at what passes for "journalism" these days.
I remember when being a JOURNALIST meant knowing how to spell and knowing how to construct a grammatically correct sentence. I remember when being a journalist meant knowing simple things like the correct usage of words like there, they're, and their.
The vast majority of what I see posted by Internet "journalists" today doesn't even rise to that level of competent use of the English language.
Most of the "reporting" by "journalists" these days seems to have been composed by someone with 6th grade-level grammar and writing skills.
I'm not a great writer - but I think I could do better than most of the drivel that I read on my daily news feeds.
Maybe I should apply for a job as a reporter? Nah, I would only be able to write reasonably and rationally on potentially "breaking stories" - and what current news outlet wants to pay anyone for that?
JMO, and, as always. YMMV.
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As to the MSM I spit out the sticks and swallow the hay.
I'm sure that is true for you, and for me, and for some of the rest of us.
But how many of the unwashed and uneducated masses in our society can't tell the hay from sticks?
So, they just swallow all the pablum they're being fed without question - without even a second thought. IMO that's true for far too many of the sheeple.
As the great Rushbo used to say, many people just accept, without question, what they see on that "19 inch peephole into paradise".
And these days that 19-inch peephole has been expanded to 50 or 60 inches - making it an even more persuasive influence over their "thinking".
The masses seem to want to believe everything that MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CNN, et. al. tell them to believe. They don't actually think for themselves, they just accept what they are told, even when it defies logic and common sense.
That's what we're fighting.
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Things aren't always what they seem are they. Thanks for the explanation one more to keep in the knowledge bucket.
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No follow up is no surprise. Let's be honest, "Strange aerial sighting is just a helicopter, story at 11" is not the sort of blip-vert advertising the average US TV station is after.
After 25+ years here I still find the "ads" for the local news programs totally laughable. We know when the news comes on, and we will watch it or we won't, the latter usually because there is something better to do.
After 25+ years here I still find the "ads" for the local news programs totally laughable. We know when the news comes on, and we will watch it or we won't, the latter usually because there is something better to do.
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