1975 was an exciting time to be at Boston University’s School of
Public Communication. There we were, about 30 students seeking a
Master’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism. All of us thought our quest
was noble, that we would become purveyors of truth, skilled fact-finders
and truth-tellers in the Watergate tradition. The lessons presented
were well worth the tens of thousands of dollars I had to pay for them.
Forty-five years later, having reached the top of my profession, I
generally despise my own industry, something I never could have
predicted. Here’s why.
The national TV press is presently controlled by six major
corporations that use their vast power to profiteer while attempting to
destroy ideological enemies. The coverage of Donald Trump’s presidency
has proved that statement beyond any reasonable doubt.
The stage was set early when a New York Times columnist wrote that
because Mr. Trump was so loathsome (to him and his liberal colleagues),
the basic tenets of fair journalism no longer applied. Get Trump was
the new rule.
The mandate of an honest journalist is to seek the truth, even if
the facts of a story go against your personal belief system. It is
wrong to simply publish accusation and allegations, you must scrutinize
all charges. If you cannot find solid facts to prove a story, you then
must balance it - giving both sides equal weight.
Did that happen in the Russian-collusion situation? Of course
not. The New York Times and Washington Post printed story after story
damning the Trump operation. The network news and CNN took their cues
from those liberal papers, constantly deriding the President and those
who supported him.
Then Special Counsel Robert Mueller blew it all up. Federal investigators could find no evidence of collusion.
But no apology for unbalanced and fallacious coverage was heard
from the corrupt national media. Instead, it segued into the shameful
impeachment hysteria.
Please understand this: the primary reason the House of
Representatives voted to impeach President Trump is that Speaker Nancy
Pelosi and the Democrat members knew the national press would give them
cover and blatant support. The media portrayed Adam Schiff and other
anti-Trump zealots as heroes. This despite strong evidence the Ukraine
whistle-blower secretly coordinated with Schiff, a blatantly political
and deceptive act.
From the very beginning, there was no balanced coverage of the
impeachment story, no attempt to put forth both sides or to provide
perspective. Mr. Trump was portrayed as guilty of “high crimes” in the
Times and Post, as well as on television, in Hollywood, and in the
publishing industry. Any high profile person who had the temerity to
disagree was mocked or worse.
The cold truth is that the men who preside over The New York Times
and The Washington Post, and they are all men, believe THEY should be
running the United States, not Donald Trump, who is a vulgarian in their
eyes. These men well know the Democratic Party will blindly follow
their editorial lead as will TV news executives at CNN, NBC, ABC, and
CBS.
Thus, the so called “free press” in America has become an industry
that now seeks power over Americans. The far left vision these
operations usually champion cannot be realized at the ballot box, the
bosses know that. So it must be imposed by destroying progressive
opposition, which the media does with enthusiasm. Just ask Brett
Kavanaugh.
The key question is: how many of us realize what is actually happening with the dishonest, power mad media?
Impossible to say. But for those who do understand the corruption, the danger to American freedom is obvious.
And that is why I have come to despise my own industry.
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