Journalists not digging enough

A funny thing happened to journalists on the way to the 21st century. They lost all curiosity.

During the decade of the 1990s, I noticed something odd in the news reports. The stories started reporting on what people said, then stopped. There was no checking if the person was right or wrong. There was no curiosity as to why the person said what he/she said.

What was the situation that prompted his/her statement? The "who", "what", "where", "when" and "how" questions were basically answered about the statement, but never answered about the situation behind the statement.

And the "why" question was never answered.

Now we have halfhearted reporting without any investigation. It's almost like we are living in an age of opinions instead of facts.

Yes, it's a fact that someone stated something. But do some investigation as to "why" and try to find out if the person is correct or not. This is why the reporting in the blogosphere is beating the pants off of traditional media.

Journalism should be about painting a complete picture, full of facts. It should not be about changing the world. John Zitkus

Mundelein