PS – You hit the nail on the head. If the media can’t accurately view, research, or report the very ground under their feet (aka RE), why in the world would we assume that their acumen is better in other reported areas? I use to date a girl who teaches university-level communication classes. Not communications, aka telecom, but communication, i.e. journalism, public relations, etc. As she did her schooling she was disgusted with what she learned about journalism. The vast, vast majority of the news comes from press releases, made by PR people from the company, special interest group, government agency, political party, etc that have a vested interest in the perception of the situation. It is then regurgitated to you in your medium of choice, often with little to no work on the part of the journalist. True, honest, impartial investigative journalism is far from the norm. Fact-check anything and everything… you can assume the journalist didn’t.
