With everyone looking at shootings , House passes the TPP

[nadinbrzezinski]

106. Some answers

Now that you bring up millenials evolving the defition of propaganda, I'm a bit curious as a former reporter... Do they honestly believe we come to work in the morning searching for smokescreen stories so we can *not* cover a major controversial issue being batted around congress?

Some do, the percentage of how many people believe this is not clear to me, but quite a bit of news consumers do and it is not just millenials believe that media is a big conspiracy meant for control. Some old chessnuts are clear as well. And I know why the news goes the way it goes... but I prefer to be respected a tad more and treated like an intelligent news consumer.

As to the rest, yup, if it bleeds it leads (which is what we are getting).

What matters to me on this story... I would love it if they did a lot more coverage on white supremacy, white pride and all that lovely stuff. They have just touched around the edges. And mostly it has been in the higher tier coverage, like NPR... as much as NPR has issues, they do touch on matters like this.

I would love it if they spoke to the role of the Internet in modern day hate philosophies, not just ISIS, but this as well. (For the record John Hackenberry had a good discussion on this with the Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Unit chief)

This is to a point policy and I know policy is not generally speaking covered, but it used to. Why? There was a fire early in the morning about three blocks from me. It was a two alarm fire. Those are very easy stories to do, and rarely need any followup, and draw a lot of traffic. I know. I was tempted to just get dressed and go get the gimme story.

As to poverty, I dared look at the stats, I know that story if submitted to journalism awards, because of the NATURE of the business, will not even register and win awards. So to be honest, will save my quid. Policy, how the issues in Mexico affect us in a border city, people care, but don't expect the major outlets to cover it, or many journalists to care. So when we have a revolution, not if, and SDG&E has to shit energy projects to make up for one just south... then they will act surprised and all.

The Chargers leaving town... eyes on screen... truly