It is a telling media milepost as political convention TV coverage unfolds over the next two weeks: Jon Stewart is now the dean of commercial network political convention anchors. The old guard is either retired, deceased or disgraced. Full Story »
Posted by Stephen Pizzo
As a reporter who has been retired for a decade now, I worry about the state of my former profession. I've watched with growing concern as the new right wing media, like FOX, has bullied mainstream media into a false sense of what "balanced news" really is. It's not balance to repeat untruths or distortions simply in an effort to show your paper or channel is trying to be "fair and balanced." Instead the media's job should be to inform with facts and unmask the cheats, liars and propagandists on all sides.
