tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298390238593495215.post5940163509991828867..comments2023-10-20T03:30:53.003-06:00Comments on Today's WORD on Journalism: Hang Down Your Head, Mr. DooleyTed Pease, Professor of Interesting Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17393220507793680242noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298390238593495215.post-27671815519763604082012-03-31T08:07:15.627-06:002012-03-31T08:07:15.627-06:00Agreed.
The flip side is that getting at truth a...Agreed. <br /><br />The flip side is that getting at truth and watching for abuses of power does not and should not grant journalists license to "afflict the comfortable." Whoever this amorphous group termed "comfortable" is depends a great deal on who is using the term.<br /><br />First, the truth makes EVERYONE uncomfortable.<br /><br />Second, it is the job of journalists to watch for and point out abuses of power. It is not the job nor the responsibility of journalists to rectify abuses of power. It is the responsibility of the readers to do so. <br /><br />Once journalists begin taking it upon themselves to "do something about it" beyond writing/telling about it, they become the ones they are supposed to be watching. Who is watching them now? Almost nobody. Who, then, will watch them when they become more powerful than they already are?Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16437664516123030421noreply@blogger.com