I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
One of the problems that we have as American journalists is that we bring the American cultural baggage with us and we plop it down and it follows us around and that's just a fact of life.
Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.
I care deeply about journalism, but we need to be a business.
The quality of life in America is dependent on the quality of the journalism. Most people don't realize that, but if you think about it, journalism is one of the pillars on which our society is perched.
I think it's this congenital problem with journalism that we oversell the difference we make. We make small differences.
Journalism talk is part of the nonstop background noise of American life.
God, newspapers have been making up stories forever. This kind of trifling and fooling around is not a function of the New Journalism.
Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism.
There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is regulated for truth. I'll put the accuracy of the average ad in this country up against the average news story any time.
Journalism is a craft that takes years to learn. It's like golf. You never get it right all the time. It's a game of fewer errors, better facts, and better reporting.