Not gun-related, but boy, does this need to be said -- and sent to every mega-paper in the Union.
http://chblue.com/rantarchive/dailyrant060900.asp
The Rant, by Jim Thompson
A forgotten profession called journalism
June 9, 2000
The mainstream media woke up this week.
Some of them realized Al Gore is a liar.
This shocking piece of information did not come as the result of any dogged investigative work by any of these bozos, but through a series of memos that surfaced during a Congressional probe.
In those memos, FBI director Louis Freeh said Gore's sworn statements regarding his involvement in illegal campaign fundraising activities did not jibe with the facts.
Stop the presses. Gore lies. Film at 11.
Suddenly, the fat and happy Washington Post, New York Times and others are reporting that Al Gore is as unfamiliar with the truth as his boss, the never-truthful William Jefferson Clinton.
Too bad these clowns don't read the independent Internet press. We've been reporting this story for months.
Once again, the big boys are left with their thumbs up a certain posterior orifice.
But now that the media mavens have all this startling information, just what will they do with it?
Nothing.
That's right.
Nothing.
The Washington Post doesn't give a damn about the many crimes of the Clinton administration.
Never have.
Never will.
The New York Times won't unleash its considerable resources to dig into Al Gore's complicity in the morally-bankrupt administration that Bill Clinton once said would be "the most ethical" in history.
Won't bother.
They don't consider such stuff news.
NBC News will give us videotape of a meaningless argument between O.J. Simpson and the sister of the ex-wife he killed, but won't spend a single second on the criminal activities of Al Gore.
Forget CBS. Dan Rather has his nose rammed so far up Bill Clinton's butt he couldn't smell a story if it sat on his face.
And ABC can't be bothered. Leonardo DiCaprio wasn't available to interview Al Gore.
"I tried pitching this story to my editors," says one Washington reporter I know, "but they weren't interested. They said the public is tired of the misdeeds of the Clinton administration."
Too bad these guys forgot their job was to cover news, not listen to focus groups and public opinion polls to determine that they should and should not cover.
CBS laid off a bunch of people on its news web site this week.
No wonder.
People don't go to CBS for news (according to the Neilsen ratings, they don't go there for much else either).
The Washington Post has spent more than $100 million on its web site and will lose at least half that much this year.
They should. If you want to know what movies are playing in Washington, the Post site is a good place to visit.
But don't waste your time if you want news.
News isn't a marketable commodity in today's greed-driven world, so the so-called media companies can't waste their time with it.
Too bad.
Journalism used to be a profession.
Now it's a business.
Once it became a business, both the profession and the public lost.
Doug Thompson is the founder, editor and publisher of Capitol Hill Blue.. The Rant appears on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays or whenever the mood suits him)
http://chblue.com/rantarchive/dailyrant060900.asp
The Rant, by Jim Thompson
A forgotten profession called journalism
June 9, 2000
The mainstream media woke up this week.
Some of them realized Al Gore is a liar.
This shocking piece of information did not come as the result of any dogged investigative work by any of these bozos, but through a series of memos that surfaced during a Congressional probe.
In those memos, FBI director Louis Freeh said Gore's sworn statements regarding his involvement in illegal campaign fundraising activities did not jibe with the facts.
Stop the presses. Gore lies. Film at 11.
Suddenly, the fat and happy Washington Post, New York Times and others are reporting that Al Gore is as unfamiliar with the truth as his boss, the never-truthful William Jefferson Clinton.
Too bad these clowns don't read the independent Internet press. We've been reporting this story for months.
Once again, the big boys are left with their thumbs up a certain posterior orifice.
But now that the media mavens have all this startling information, just what will they do with it?
Nothing.
That's right.
Nothing.
The Washington Post doesn't give a damn about the many crimes of the Clinton administration.
Never have.
Never will.
The New York Times won't unleash its considerable resources to dig into Al Gore's complicity in the morally-bankrupt administration that Bill Clinton once said would be "the most ethical" in history.
Won't bother.
They don't consider such stuff news.
NBC News will give us videotape of a meaningless argument between O.J. Simpson and the sister of the ex-wife he killed, but won't spend a single second on the criminal activities of Al Gore.
Forget CBS. Dan Rather has his nose rammed so far up Bill Clinton's butt he couldn't smell a story if it sat on his face.
And ABC can't be bothered. Leonardo DiCaprio wasn't available to interview Al Gore.
"I tried pitching this story to my editors," says one Washington reporter I know, "but they weren't interested. They said the public is tired of the misdeeds of the Clinton administration."
Too bad these guys forgot their job was to cover news, not listen to focus groups and public opinion polls to determine that they should and should not cover.
CBS laid off a bunch of people on its news web site this week.
No wonder.
People don't go to CBS for news (according to the Neilsen ratings, they don't go there for much else either).
The Washington Post has spent more than $100 million on its web site and will lose at least half that much this year.
They should. If you want to know what movies are playing in Washington, the Post site is a good place to visit.
But don't waste your time if you want news.
News isn't a marketable commodity in today's greed-driven world, so the so-called media companies can't waste their time with it.
Too bad.
Journalism used to be a profession.
Now it's a business.
Once it became a business, both the profession and the public lost.
Doug Thompson is the founder, editor and publisher of Capitol Hill Blue.. The Rant appears on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays or whenever the mood suits him)