http://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2013/sep/27/seymour-hersh-obama-nsa-american-media Nothing new here if you pay attention, but an entertaining read and some valuable insights from a real journalist on the state of journalism in this country.
I have pretty much lost faith in American Journalism... and this coming from someone with an AA in Journalism before I decided it wasn't the direction I wanted to go. Where would someone who tries to write objective, unbiased articles that cover both sides of a story be today? Jobless. It is almost like different media outlets are trying to balance each other out with their slanted views, but the problem is people don't have time to consume all the views, they only focus on ones that support their own viewpoint, and when exposed to one side their own views seem to get even more extreme.
The money quote, " 'The republic's in trouble, we lie about everything, lying has become the staple.' And he implores journalists to do something about it."
