Seems,
as a society, we have forgotten what journalism is. Journalism is the
art of keeping a journal. A journal is not a diary, a diary is a
collection of your thoughts and feelings written down as your life
unfolds. A journal on the other hand, is a record of events around
you as they occurred. The Who, What, When, Where & Why. That is
to say the truth. Your thoughts and opinions about it go in your
diary. But the truth of the journal is very important, because when
you want to reflect back, you want to reflect on the truth,
otherwise, of what use is it..? The product you're trying to produce
will be flawed, why, because the journal on which it is base is
flawed.
I
bring this up because I was listening to Megan Kelly, whom I like and
respect, but I heard her say, Journalist needed to cover both sides.
No...!!!!! and I called her out on it. (I made a comment).
In
journalism, there are no sides, there is only who, what, when where &
why. That's it... no more... That should be the news... Period.. That
way, when I listen to opinion, and this side and that side, I have
the same facts (the news) as everyone else. I should not have to go
through a metal wrestling match to weed all the opinion out of the
news. Which I have had to do for years.
Not
sure I can even name a journalist... I see TV faces, pundits,
commentators, news readers, what they call reporters, who they send
to the scene, to talk to the neighbors and how they feel. What
crap..!!! I don't give a damn how the neighbors feel, I want to know
who, what, when , where & why. Don't waste my time with how the
neighbors feel. I usually turn it off about then. Feelings mean
nothing, feelings lie...!!! Facts... I want the bloody facts. But
if the facts don't go along with our opinion or how we feel, we tend
to dismiss them, or ignore them, or put a new face on them, the at
least the facts looks better.
Journalist
or suppose to learn journalism in college. (?) What happened..? Seems
they have been thought how they feel matters. And it don't, nobody's
feelings matter. Feelings are personal, they are a gift from God,
learn to tame them, and enjoy them, but they are not news.
See....
I do my own thinking... My parents made sure I did my own thinking. I
would say, 'Randy said this,' or 'Larry said that.' And my parent
would ask, 'what do you say, and why..?' and I had to answer.
Language is just like math, words means things just like numbers. It
has to add up, if it don't add up, it don't add up. So you see, in
order for me to reach useful conclusions, I need facts, something
true I can build on.
Seems
today, I am expected to build on how people feel. You just can't do
that, feeling lie....Feelings change. This is part of the decline of
the country, you can't build on feelings. Journalist are giving us
feelings and not facts. They are failing us.
That
why nobody gets married anymore, it's based on feelings. You can't
build on feelings. Yeah but...Yeah but.... They say you can build a
marriage on love. Yeah but... Yeah but.... Love isn't a feeling, it's
a form of service, love is in what you do, not what you feel. (What has been forgotten, is the act of love over time will lead to the positive feelings one is looking for. You have to work for it.)
So......
if a journalist loves his profession, than an accurate record of the
truth should be his goal, because his country depends on it, with
intentions of building on it. So get your ass in gear and do your
job. And if you don't love your job, or if you want to change the
world for the better, get the hell out, we don't need ya. We do our
own thinking.
Your
in Christ
George
Henry Nichols
