Journalism vs. Journolism

Journalism vs. Journolism
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegone.com – Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010

Preface: “Journalism is meaningful only when it helps us to learn the truth. It can be a genuine calling when there is a truth that is good. Then it is right and necessary to help this truth to find its proper expression. The fundamental certainty that Good does exist and that we are created for it is not an obstacle to the work of the journalist, but rather makes it possible. It must be the first pillar of genuine journalistic ethics.” Pope Benedict XVI, Co-Workers of the Truth, p. 238. (GHK)

“It was July 22, the last day of ‘Journalism and Reporting,’ the summer class I* was teaching at Georgetown University. For the last day I made the point I had made on the first day. There is no such thing as objectivity. BUT THERE IS SUCH A THING AS HONOR.

“This is at the heart of journolist scandal. The Journolist was an Internet community of journalists who reinforced each other’s liberal bias and plotted strategies for ensuring the most favorable coverage for the Obama administration.

The scandal has revealed again – as if more evidence was in need – that the American media is liberal. But the deeper tragedy involves the self-termination of conscience evident in the Journolist’s boosterism. The real sorrow is the total absence of conscience & of honor.

“HONOR AND CONSCIENCE. I told my students: They are what make you give a fair and honest quote to a source you may not like. It what makes you recognize the basic humanity of a politician you hate. It’s what makes you risk a job because you think you’re editor is asking you to do something immoral..

“What is so awful about the Journolist is that very few of the people on it seemed to step back from the THE BITTER LEFT WING AND HATEFUL GROUPTHINK. And why should they? They all know the same people , went to similar schools, and have the same politics. Celebrating the election of Obama was one thing. BUT WHEN THE

JOURNOLISTS’S ANTI-PALIN TSUNAMI ROSE JUST SECONDS AFTER SHE WAS NAMED THE NOMINEE, ALMOST NO ONE SPOKE UP AND SAID, ‘HEY, WE’VE KNOW THIS WOMAN FOR THREE MINUTES. LET’S HAVE A SENSE OF FAIR PLAY. LET’S GET THE FACTS.’

“The truth is, most journalists are liberal, and most of them lie. And they lie both because of bias, but more importantly because they have no sense of honor… Being liberal is one thing. But a man with no conscience is called a psychopath… Forget the unspoken blackballing of certain topics (is the Catholic Church as a fortress of common sense and sanity despite 40 years of liberalism a Fresca? The development of clear fetal pictures and how it relates to abortion?... Forget all that because I have a Fresca for Shafer. Go back through the hiring records of Slate, CBS, ABC, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the rest of the mainstream media.

Reveal not only who was hired, but who was not. Go back thirty years… Talk to people who were not hired, whose pieces were rejected, who never made it to the club…

Interview the gifted writers who were sent to Siberia or had to change careers because they were denied entry. Do a series on how it affected coverage over the last 40 years. Blow up the Politburo and produce a real hidden history of the United States. That ain’t a Fresca. That’s a book.” *THE ABOVE by Mark Gauvreau Judge, author of several books. Article printed from the Daily Caller http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/22breaking-journalist-are-dishonorable-losers

George H. Kubeck, Memo to Shirley Sherrod: As a memorial and legacy to your father who was murdered by a white man; fight and restore Fatherhood to the Black American Family – your father’s character and love. Break away from the propaganda of the white liberals & progressives who have failed to enslave the rest of America.