The decline of the mainstream media is something this website has followed with interest over the last few years. We’ve also followed how “news” has really become … well, something else.
It’s unfortunate.
The press (especially here in South Carolina) has become a subservient regurgitation platform at best – an apologist/ advocate for the status quo at worst.
One thing it’s not? And hasn’t been for a long time? An investigator of corruption or defender of the public’s interests.
And guess what: The already gutted investigative capability of the MSM is about to be diminished even further.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) latest “occupational outlook handbook,” there will be a 13 percent decline in “reporters, correspondents and broadcast news analysts” over the next seven years.
That equates to more than 7,000 lost media jobs … and the vast majority of them fall into the “reporters and correspondents” category.
What gives?
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Very good article, very sad content. I am glad I left the news industry when I did, as this report is dead on accurate. Thank you for posting this. The public will never be served when the entity tasked with informing it, is used instead to serve other interests. News media in this country has been on a steady decline both for its purpose and as a profession, while who best served it's need have been and are still being pushed out. Honest, hard working journalists now represent the smallest portion of their industry.
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