Journalism

Journalism is supposed to be about informing the public about what is happening locally and globally and they should make an effort to show both sides of a story so that the public can be truly informed and not manipulated into taking the views of the establishment against their own moral compass.

Also journalist should be protected and not intimidated or threatened like they are today. Good investigative journalist are hard to find. In today's world with 24 hour news coverage, news stations are more concerned with " hooking" the viewers in that they forget to do any proper reporting, instead you get a multitude of soundbites and when they do talk about a serious issue they provide mere "lip service".

News organizations are more interested in being entertaining that informative, and there is a simple reason for this- MONEY. At the end of the day they are a business and business is only interested in the bottom line, which is about ever increasing profits for them and the shareholders, and it has become apparent that entertainment sells more that information.

But the people have spoken, they want more information and that is why they turn to networks like Al Jazeera and RT and the internet. The latter is growing increasingly under threat as the Government wants to get more control over it, in the guise of protecting us from harm they are actually trying to keep us blind. The UK Government has shown how undemocratic they are by trying to clamp down on dissent and making it harder and harder to protest or go on strike. But first they are trying to use the media to manipulate the masses into believing that going on strike or protesting against how unjust things are becoming is a bad thing. And the way they do this is by changing the narrative, instead of talking about why they have become so unhappy that they feel that going on strike is their only option, the  news media will focus on what it is costing you and how inconvenient it is to the public.

Once they get the people to side against their own interest the Government can continue going on about how they are " promoting democracy". Give me a break!!  Having dissenters, people who question and disagree with the illegal practices is the only way to have a true democracy, and the Government is trying to shut us up, what doe that tell you?? And not only are they going after the people, they have also gone after our " alternative news" by taking The Daily Show with Jon Stewart off UK television. How petty is the UK Government?!!!