Are you happy with the state of American journalism?

I think it’s pathetic, CPT Jack Durish. The other respondents have articulated succinctly my thoughts on the subject, so I won’t bother to repeat them.

My contempt for American Journalism goes back many years to the Vietnam War, the first time I recognized their hunger for power and control. Although it may have existed prior to then, I hadn't recognized their willingness to manipulate their reporting to pass their personal opinions on as fact to the public. I honestly believe they felt, with some justification, that they swayed public opinion to control Washington's conduct of the war and bring about the ultimate result. Then their reporting had great impact upon the ending of the Nixon presidency. Since then, instead of reporting, they share the mission of controlling outcomes and shaping our nation in their image while gaining personal fame.

Interestingly, I did have one opportunity to make my own little strike for freedom and the American way. Somehow, I once pulled a mission to deliver an NBC news team to a fire base south of DaNang. As the team was disembarking, the lead correspondent came up to the cockpit and DIRECTED I should return in 1/2 hour to retrieve them. The first thing I did when I cleared the zone was report to DASC that I had made my drop and asked if they had any other missions. Fortunately they did, and assigned me another line that obviously was going to take the rest of the day. I'm sure the team was picked up since I never heard of their loss or other adverse reports, but I've often hoped that the correspondent cussed that Marine Corps pilot who disobeyed his instructions for at least a couple of hours after the time he expected me back.

CPT Jack Durish This is something i have watched over the years,becoming more extreme every year.It seems that specific "entities" are followed by the media in their common task and leisure time in lieu of anything more noteworthy because of the bias of certain "journalist" and networks.