Journalists As Entertainers

(via TVSpy newsletter): “I can’t prove it, but it seems likely to me that when we began processing news for the young and treating news as an offshoot of the entertainment business, when we began taking our journalism more lightly, people began taking us less seriously. I have no problem with comedians and entertainers pretending to be journalists. My problem is with journalists pretending to be entertainers.” – ABC News’ TED KOPPEL

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