Reply #5: Well, first off, they don't get paid enough. [View All]

[Clark2008]

Of course the anchors, talking heads and columnists do, but the average starting pay for a journalist is well less than that of teachers.

I know - I was one for 12 years and had to give it up because I didn't earn enough upon becoming a single mother after my divorce.

But, I digress. The biggest problem is that of media consolidation. There are too few media outlets and those we have are owned by large corporations who support the GOP agenda.

I am reading David Brock's, "Republican Noise Machine" and I'm on the chapter in which he explains that a number of liberal columnists and truthful reporters were fired after 9/11 when they either would support the war in Iraq or reported on the truth about it. It was a management issue, not a reporting issue.

I think the only way to get the media back on track is to continue to push for return of some regulation, ignore the so-called "mainstream" media in favor of foreign media and news blogs and call them on their shit each and every time they lie, fail to present all sides of a case or use information from a right-wing source without identifying that the source *IS* a right-wing source.

So... in answer to your question: I would say some reporters are sell-outs, some are whores and some are just plain scared to lose their jobs in such a lousy economy.