the sad state of the news media

Do we really need the weather reported three times in a 30-minute news broadcast? especially when there's nothing "newsworthy" about the weather (tornado, blizzard, monsoon, etc.)?

Do we really need news reports taken from press releases by a reporter sitting at a desk behind a computer?

Do we really need reports as to what's being said on Twitter, etc. about the "news"?

Do we really need "talking heads" to tell us how we should understand the "news"?

Do we really need to have "10 ways that garlic is good for you" in the "news"?

Do we really need the same "news" regurgitated day after day, week after week (nothing "new")?

I don't think so.

I long for the day when reporters actually reported news. They didn't just disseminate press releases carte blanche. They actually went to the place where the news was happening. They observed. They investigated. They interviewed. They asked questions. They verified. 

Not so today. The news could be right outside their windows; reporters "report" the news from their computer. You'd think that their eyes would be strained and their butts would be sore from all that sitting behind a computer!

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