Some journalists are as bad as politicians
Journalism has changed dramatically in the last couple of decades. When I trained in the 1960's and 70's, it was drummed into us that reporting facts was the essence of journalism. Now that ethos has been thrown out of the window in favour of presenting opinion. The spread of television has probably hastened the process – bringing in the era of 'personalities' masquerading as journalists rather than good old reporters. A Case in point is the reporting of the latest US election. So many commentators are still smarting obsessively at being wrong – they wanted Hilary Clinton to win and they can't forgive Donald Trump for confirming in the public mind that they are buffoons. They allowed their personal bias to infect their reporting. One opinionated presenter on ABC morning television went so far as to say that anyone who voted for Trump needed an IQ test. What a mindless thing to say. How dare she talk about US voters that way. She would have been sacked on the sp...