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<blockquote data-quote="Whiskeyman" data-source="post: 407415" data-attributes="member: 13556">Ever heard Don Henley's song &quot;Dirty Laundry&quot;, jdeg?&nbsp; &nbsp; It is so true.When I was in college, some of the most pompous A-Holes were journalism majors.&nbsp; Not all of them, mind you, but enough to make an impression.&nbsp; Apparently, those were a lot of the ones that got jobs in the news media.I was a witness to an &quot;event&quot; that made the news many years ago.&nbsp; I reported the event to law enforcement, and was kept at the scene for quite a while after giving my initial statement, in case they needed to ask any follow up questions.&nbsp; When the news team arrived they were in such a hurry to report the story, that they never asked anything to anyone who witnessed it.&nbsp; They apparently cut their story on what they pieced together over the police scanner.&nbsp; Afterward, when the paper showed up, they interviewed someone who wasn't even at&nbsp; the scene when it happened.&nbsp; Needless to say, the reports were terribly wrong.&nbsp; I lost almost all of my faith in the news media, then.&nbsp; Many things have occurred since then to further erode my confidence and respect for the news people.&nbsp; It's as though the only thing that matters is that they look and sound good on television, and that they get the &quot;scoop&quot; over every other outlet.&nbsp; Retractions are always buried, though.I'll&nbsp; get off of my soap box, now.&nbsp; But, yeah, there are others here who feel the same way you do.And Deezey, I still remember what I saw that day, but what bothers me more is what I heard.WM</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whiskeyman, post: 407415, member: 13556"] Ever heard Don Henley's song "Dirty Laundry", jdeg? It is so true. When I was in college, some of the most pompous A-Holes were journalism majors. Not all of them, mind you, but enough to make an impression. Apparently, those were a lot of the ones that got jobs in the news media. I was a witness to an "event" that made the news many years ago. I reported the event to law enforcement, and was kept at the scene for quite a while after giving my initial statement, in case they needed to ask any follow up questions. When the news team arrived they were in such a hurry to report the story, that they never asked anything to anyone who witnessed it. They apparently cut their story on what they pieced together over the police scanner. Afterward, when the paper showed up, they interviewed someone who wasn't even at the scene when it happened. Needless to say, the reports were terribly wrong. I lost almost all of my faith in the news media, then. Many things have occurred since then to further erode my confidence and respect for the news people. It's as though the only thing that matters is that they look and sound good on television, and that they get the "scoop" over every other outlet. Retractions are always buried, though. I'll get off of my soap box, now. But, yeah, there are others here who feel the same way you do. And Deezey, I still remember what I saw that day, but what bothers me more is what I heard. WM [/QUOTE]

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