Corporate Media *Untells* the ALEC Story

[DirkGently]

11. I think the entire profession has been compromised.

I was trained as a journalist. I don't hold with the dum-dum public view of dismissing all journalists and news organizations. There are good ones and always have been.

But now I don't know. "He said / she said" has turned a lot of the press into brainless dictaphones, buying the story that everything's just a matter of spin or opinion, leaving people to, as they are, just believe whatever makes them feel comfortable.

I think we need more non-profit news orgs. ProPublica is doing really solid work (thanks, Wikileaks). NPR has its moments, though it recently "pledged" (hahahahaha) to do better qualitative analysis.

We'll see. But we need real journalism now like never before.