The fact is that in a way, journalists become a kind of default in the system when you don't have substantive two-party back-and-forth inside of the government.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Journalists are supposed to put the people first, even before themselves. Around the world and throughout history, journalists have died to get the truth out.
Journalists hold themselves apart, and above, the common person. They have rules designed to ensure their objectivity and impartiality.
I realise that, strutting around in power corridors for political coverage, a journalist becomes half a politician.
The fact is, most journalists I know are not particularly political. They move around a lot.
Journalists are simply leftists disguised as reporters. They're political activists disguised as reporters.
The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.
I think as journalists, we have to keep our distance from power.
Political reporters no longer get to decide what's news. The days when a minister gave briefings to a dozen lobby correspondents, and thereby dictated the next day's headlines, are over. Now, a thousand bloggers decide for themselves what is interesting. If enough of them are tickled then, bingo, you're news.
There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.
The Congressional leaders set the agenda for journalism; it's not the other way around.