Apr 01 2009
Typing your report? of the events that began and followed henceforth, yes
I wish I could have coffee with you now.
And tell you how spectacular you look.
And how I’ve missed you.
And how I think I may have figured out so much about myself tonight. So I have to tell you everything in such grand detail.
Like we usually do.
The Izzys, this journalism thing. It was tonight:
“You’ve heard of the Oscars and the Emmys? Well, get ready for the Izzys, a night of journalistic celebration.”
Here goes it.
Well first, JOURNALISM SPEAKS TRUTH TO POWER. Isn’t that great? I mean, yeah, pen/mightier/sword, yes. Yes.
Glenn Greenwald made such a great point, addressing the state of journalism. Why do we call it independent journalism? How redundant! When journalism should always be indy. Instead, these assholes on the White House press corps feed the machine, become spokesmen instead of watchdogs.
There’s a reason it’s addressed in the Constitution. Freedom of speech, it’s so important.
Izzy Stone, according to his son, was very lonely. Do you see this? Perhaps, I could be lonely now and still be great someday (here’s hoping). He was so happy in his work, he said he thought he should be arrested. Maybe I could get there too.
Mmm.
The difference between bloggers and journalists are the mentality. Journalism seems so spoiled these days. A journalist should never be glad to say “yes, I PROP UP THE EXISTING ORDER.” No! It should be slashed, cut scrutinized, questioned. Always. I could do that, right? Someday, maybe?
I know you have faith in me, thanks for that.
More Greenwald. Sometimes reporters are just SYCOPHANTIC to the government. How nauseating. I mean, really. He called them “the media roaches,” really.
What is the role of journalists if not to expose?!
CONLUSION of GG (yes, we’re on a first initial/last initial basis):
IF IT’s NOT INDEPENDENT, THEN IT CAN’T BE JOURNALISM.
Yeah.
And then Amy Goodman. Who said media is so much more powerful than any missile, but when the Pentagon deploys, we have to take it back. Otherwise, we in the industry, are just propagandists.
Mainstream media becomes extreme media, banging on war drums, when it chants for war and outputs the stories of the Press Secretary (when Scott McClellan even said, he thought the press corps acted unprofessionally, not questioning any of his lies– he wrote that in his book! My god! How horribly depressing! And satirical).
And ripe with devastating example.
Why do they do that? The corporate conglomerate media. They make business from something that should be idealistically pure. It’s all just sickening. And realistic. You know me though, always the romantic.
The State, “the global warring, warming, and the economic meltdown…”
But I felt such a tremor of hope, they pronounced faith in the “kids,” studying journalism, trying really hard, optimistically.
“We need to break through the sounds barrier.”
I cried then. I really do want to do this. But you knew that about me. You know at least, I’m really going to try.
Democracy is a messy thing, she said. And she autographed her book for me, saying “Dear Samantha, Keep Democracy Now!”
I’m at least, going to try.
