We call them propogandists. Because the do not write anymore ...they get talking points and the stories that will be covered from the government for the most part a political party in power .
Most of the news anchors you see on television or hear on radio are actors, not journalists.
NPR's anchors have been pointing out, daily, that they are members of different AFTRA and/or SAG unions than those striking. Few if any of them ever write anything that they read on air.
The mainstream ones get their stories from certain sources which are already spun for them to release. The true investigative ones have left mainstream as they can't get their stories printed.
Most of the alternative media outlets were started by people like that, and they do very well on their own, when people actually discover and follow them. Their organizations are frequently co-opted if they can't get public support. I haven't followed any mainstream outlet since my last television was stolen in 1987.
The only thing your argument lacks if your definition of journalist.
Oxford defines journalism as "the activity or profession of writing for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or preparing news to be broadcast."
Who is "writing for newspapers, magazines, or news websites" if there are no journalists anymore?
We call them propogandists. Because the do not write anymore ...they get talking points and the stories that will be covered from the government for the most part a political party in power .
Have you ever worked in a newsroom of any kind?
Have you ever heard of "rip and read?"
Most of the news anchors you see on television or hear on radio are actors, not journalists.
NPR's anchors have been pointing out, daily, that they are members of different AFTRA and/or SAG unions than those striking. Few if any of them ever write anything that they read on air.
The MSM are given scripts to read.
Investigators need not apply.
https://x.com/Oilfiel32651608/status/1328770006361001986?s=20
State approved SCRIPT Ends with: “this is extremely dangerous to our…democracy”.
Have YOU ever been given a script to read by the MSM?
I enthusiastically support anything that is extremely dangerous to democracy in this constitutional republic.
The mainstream ones get their stories from certain sources which are already spun for them to release. The true investigative ones have left mainstream as they can't get their stories printed.
Most of the alternative media outlets were started by people like that, and they do very well on their own, when people actually discover and follow them. Their organizations are frequently co-opted if they can't get public support. I haven't followed any mainstream outlet since my last television was stolen in 1987.