Letter to the Editor
Original letter:
The advent of 24-hour-news channels has taken what used to be a noble career and turned it into the yellow journalism of today. There is no such thing as an unbiased news source. In a world were the number of viewers is more valuable than the number of facts, journalists has gone the way of the CRT monitor and have been replaced with political commentators. The sad reality of this is that it is not common knowledge.
Because of this, many individuals such as myself, turn to the specialized blogs that dot the journalistic landscape. Most of these bloggers are very new, but often offer far more detail and facts that MSM can.
These bloggers have one thing in common: they don’t care about how many viewers they get. And because of that, they don’t care whose toes they step on to get the facts. They may still be biased, but at least they are willing to admit it.
Author’s note: This letter was published in an abridged form on March 17, 2010 in the Washington Examiner.
