Everywhere you turn these days, another journalism outfit announces bad news.
Newspaper lay-offs, TV lay-offs, radio cuts.
The extent of the crisis facing my chosen profession is beginning to become apparent to those beyond the relatively small circle of us who have been writing and speaking about it for years.
Journalists are not very popular; we never have been. In fact, poll after poll indicates our approval ratings are lower than those for lawyers, or (gasp) politicians.
Nobody can ever be well-liked when (s)he is the bearer of bad news.
America may be the kind of society today that collectively thinks it would be better off not knowing, i.e., See No Evil...
Maybe so, or maybe my pain medication is wearing off just now, still three days out from a date for a root canal.
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p.s. I will try to keep blogging, dear readers, but I'm in and out of a Vicodin-induced state that probably will not yield much mental clarity.
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