This is what real journalism should do -- hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

[sheshe2]

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2025-10-06T20:57:42.751Z

[JI7]

1. The problem is much of the media is infotainment

and instead of real journalists you have people that failed to make it in the entertainment business.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. As a J-school graduate, I can no longer watch the local news.

There may be a tidbit of hard news in between the time wasted on infotainment. People's attention spans must be in the shitter.

Here in Chicago, there's usually a McDonald's story probably because there a big advertiser and are headquartered here. Then there's the frequent firefighters rescue cat from tree or other soft news story that doesn't belong on a half hour news broadcast. Weather and sports updates typically take up 1/3 of the entire broadcast.

It's frustrating to someone educated in hard news and analysis, revelations like The Pentagon Papers, etc. They're catering to an audience who can't process complex information.