Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At the Kansas City Star, Tom Heehler argues forcefully that America’s democracy is in danger because media (I’m paraphrasing here) news media is sacrificing reporting on facts, actions, and behavior to reporting on “he said she said” under the guise of fairness.
He calls it “blue sky journalism, which he defines as follows:
Inevitably, in today’s ratings-obsessed newsrooms, for every Jake Tapper or Margaret Brennan or Abby Phillip with the backbone to say no, there’s a Kaitlan Collins with the ambition to say yes, to platform a demagogue in the name of “fairness to both sides.” At least that’s what she tells herself — presumably — in makeup before going on air: “Mirror mirror on the wall, I do this not for ratings at all. I do this because I’m a good, objective, nonpartisan journalist, and doggone it, both sides deserve to be heard.”
