Shouldn’t it be -30- ?

The Internet did not destroy network TV, VCR’s did not stop movie theatres from being successful. Print journalism is in trouble primarily because ownership has condensed to a handful of people who don’t care about truth and investigative reporting. In fact, they care about the opposite. By controlling what journalists are allowed to look into and what they are allowed to write about, small-c Conservative paper owners are attempting to control the mindset of the public at large, and sway opinion to their way of thinking.

Right wing paper owners team with right wing governments to further monetary interest, not the truth. It’s about mining, and heavy industry, and disdain for scientific “worry-warts” and not about discovering and reporting the truth.

Bastions of good journalism are drying up, and the reading public has achieved a high level of scepticism for how truthful their news is. Even the so-called “factual” reports are not reliable, not because the facts are wrong, but are presented in a way to tell only half the story – not the whole, balanced one. Ask the CBC – what should be a neutral and unbiased editorial news reporter – if it feels any government interference on how or what they reported on during the Harper error … I mean Harper era.

As a result of this trend, protesters become painted as evil criminals, and the logging or mining companies – that only want to provide jobs and bring sunshine and light – are victims of the criminals – as an example.

Every day, sometimes more than once, a journalist is killed, imprisoned or fired from their job for doing nothing more than telling the truth. Meanwhile, corporations, governments and billionaires continue to lie, distort, and shape public opinion and government policy completely unscathed and unopposed.

Does that describe a direction you want the world to continue to be going in?

Cheering maudlin muck comforts the victims, I suppose, but does nothing to illuminate the real problem, let alone propose a solution.