Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I care deeply about journalism, but we need to be a business.
As far as I'm concerned, it's a damned shame that a field as potentially dynamic and vital as journalism should be overrun with dullards, bums, and hacks, hag-ridden with myopia, apathy, and complacence, and generally stuck in a bog of stagnant mediocrity.
Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.
I think people should be consumers of journalism.
It's like I say to young people who ask me about going into journalism: If you want to be loved, don't go into this business.
At CNN, our view is that good journalism equals good business.
Look, everybody in journalism has a reputation of sorts.
I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff.
There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial side of the business, possibly because most people competent to write about journalism are not comfortable writing about finance.
The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.
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