The Brian Williams kerfluffle is only the latest highlight in the deterioration of high-profile, big media news organizations. From the days of reporters sitting in safe areas of Beirut, reporting what might or might not be going on where the metal met the meat, to falsified news reports of attacks on 1st Marine Division during the opening months of the Iraq War, Big News has shown a willingness to bend the truth to get attention.
It’s time that got fixed.
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The Brian Williams kerfluffle is only the latest highlight in the deterioration of high-profile, big media news organizations. From the days of reporters sitting in safe areas of Beirut, reporting what might or might not be going on where the metal met the meat, to falsified news reports of attacks on 1st Marine Division during the opening months of the Iraq War, Big News has shown a willingness to bend the truth to get attention.
It’s time that got fixed.
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