I get what this guy is saying, although he omits a ton of factors (such as Fox News and other shoutfest outlets, as Helen Thomas implies). But I do sympathize with this reporter.
I also sympathize--maybe more like empathize--with people who get personal about things. As Greenwald says, there's a lot that's gone down over the past six years, and people are very concerned.
But I try not to assign motives, really I do. I think it's usually that a reporter honestly (although perhaps ignorantly) doesn't connect some dots that should be connected. Or maybe an editor has something to do with it. At worst, it might be professionally inconvenient to connect the dots for a number of reasons.
But then I read something like this. Now what's up with that? It makes it easy to hatch conspiracy theories. Did the headline writer go here or something?
I get what this guy is saying, although he omits a ton of factors (such as Fox News and other shoutfest outlets, as Helen Thomas implies). But I do sympathize with this reporter.
I also sympathize--maybe more like empathize--with people who get personal about things. As Greenwald says, there's a lot that's gone down over the past six years, and people are very concerned.
But I try not to assign motives, really I do. I think it's usually that a reporter honestly (although perhaps ignorantly) doesn't connect some dots that should be connected. Or maybe an editor has something to do with it. At worst, it might be professionally inconvenient to connect the dots for a number of reasons.
But then I read something like this. Now what's up with that? It makes it easy to hatch conspiracy theories. Did the headline writer go here or something?