Is it any coincidence...

[misanthrope]

...that as print journalism is going into the dust bin of history, the Fourth Estate continues its slide toward irrelevance and negligence to duty? I don't think so.

David Halberstam was a print journalist.

Sarah Palin was a television "journalist."

You tell me...

[oldtime dfl_er]

1. Does anyone really think

on-air "talent" is chosen for their journalistic skills? ONly an uniformed dufus would believe that. Oops did I just insult everyone who watches FAUX? :rofl:

[misanthrope]

3. But if you asked them...

...the newsreaders would tell you they majored in journalism. I'm telling you, they publicly maintain the premise they are journalists.

Around here, the print journalists laugh behind the back of the TV folks. And as a group, they are generally dumber and lazier than their print counterparts, especially the hacks you find on local television news.

It's really pathetic.

[baldguy]

2. In other countries, they draw a distinction between "reporters" and "newsreaders"

Sarah was a newsreader.

[NMDemDist2]

4. she wasn't even that

she read the sports