The title is misleading. I don't hate journalism, most of the time--at least not the kind that I think is true journalism. There are some journalistic endeavors that I have a problem with--especially the kind that most people aren't sure if it's journalism or a talk show. Is Oprah a journalist? I know people that think she is. What about that lady on that Inside Edition? What about Inside Edition itself? Ick.
I do think that some journalists get burnt out with all of the stuff that goes with it--like any job would, only journalism is special. They don't get to go home and forget about their job--it's in the paper or on the news the next night or they're running to cover some event.
Check out this link. It's by Robert Niles, and I think it's pretty good. Fairly accurate to how I think a lot of people feel--although I don't know about Stephen Colbert.
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I dont know if I sometimes hate journalism, but I sometimes hate how people define journalism. I have talked about this topic in one of my other blogs, but it is unfortunate that journalism gets a bad rap because of sad men who sit in their basement on the computer all day, publshing worthless junk on the internet.
I also liked the link you provided. I found it interesting the T.V. news was getting attacked since it seems that is the direction journalism is headed, along with the Internet. I for one still enjoy T.V. news because I can get it fast while I am working out or making dinner, but for me it will never substitute for sitting down and reading the paper each day.
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