Re:Porting on Re:Porters: "Meet the (AP)pressed" 

Massaging the Messengers "Among Us": As in "Among Us", the social deduction game...As in having to prop up the press, who have apparently, if you find a recent interview with a well-known national reporter and talk show host believable, credible, "...our ratings have taken a hit...we have become demoralized...due to a difficult combination of circumstances...we find ourselves reporting a lot of dark news and there's been a lot of that lately, ranging from...to...and then there's the rise in public distrust with some inaccuracies that have been revealed...and the condition of reporters in other lands, with some even being jailed..." Well, even the show that has been around on radio since 1945 and coming into our homes via TV since 1947, "Meet the Press", ("one of the preeminent platforms for elected officials and policy makers...") has experienced mediocre ratings as of late. Maybe she's onto something...but, just as I was beginning to feel a bit biased, pity, at least empathy if not sympathy on behalf of those feeling broken for bringing us "Breaking News!" every day/night, in comes another espousing quite a different viewpoint, camera angle, as in...

"You Haven't Heard the Half of it..." (There's always another side, right?) Represented by a national radio talk show host, commenting on the commentator, "...You gotta be kidding, there's always been a darker side to the news in this world...if you want to be believed, credible, then don't lie and report the facts...what a great time to be in this business, to see history unfolding and having the privilege of reporting on it...we have intelligent listeners..."

It's Your (First Amendment) Rights: Exercise them daily as in listen, analyze, and think critically. Just give us the facts and let us sort out fact from fiction. One that I enjoy and suggest to others, both young and old 'truth seekers', is to simply identify where reporting facts (what, where, when, who...) becomes explanation, interpretation, and/or opinion, or even advocacy...

Speaking of Tender(ing) Moments: Next...

 

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