Well, it seems to me that the problem is broader, and yet shallower than you presented it: we don't trust *anyone* anymore (doctors, scientists, engineers, writers, programmers, cashiers, clergy, atheists, anyone who gets paid for anything, anyone who claims they don't benefit from what they do - you name it!). However, the amount of lie that these people can produce without someone else being vocal about it is relatively small. This includes journalists: some facts are distorted, but many are true, and if anything has been majorly misrepresented, we will know, and minor misrepresentations don't matter for the general public.Otherwise why bother reading the news in the first place?
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Re: OK, let's talk seriously
Date: 2007-08-10 01:52 am (UTC)However, the amount of lie that these people can produce without someone else being vocal about it is relatively small. This includes journalists: some facts are distorted, but many are true, and if anything has been majorly misrepresented, we will know, and minor misrepresentations don't matter for the general public.Otherwise why bother reading the news in the first place?