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Originally Posted by Keith P.
Having had a period of time in my work career where I had to deal with the news media, both local and to a lesser degree, national, this was my experience as well.
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It's just always puzzled me when people professing to be in the information business don't seem to care or make any effort to be better informed themselves. I'd be embarrassed were I in that situation. It seems to me to speak to a bizarre lack of inquisitiveness - I mean, how and why do they even get into that line of work in the first place? Just a burning desire to hear and see themselves speak? Jeez, have some pride in your profession and stop making yourselves look like airheads and dorks.
I want to be careful to say that of course I'm not talking about all media people. I've been fortunate to know and to count as friends some very capable and accomplished journalists. What they have in common is that they're without fail well-educated (formally or otherwise), very well-informed, well-rounded and relentlessly curious. I don't see those qualities as often or as commonly in on-air personalities anymore. I can't count how many news stories lately have left me wondering, "Why didn't you ask this? Why didn't you ask that? Why did you leave out facts that are fundamental to understanding the story? How did you get this job with, apparently, no critical thinking skills at all?". And ditto for their editors and producers.
But I should probably stick to talking about buildings, or shipping...