You've heard me rant about staying mindful of priorities and journalistic integrity, particularly since we've been sinking precious minutes of airtime to "Yep, she's still gone!" SadGrrl13 items. Case in point...
I was working on a story about this, but it got shot down:
Pakistan Angry as Strike by U.S. Kills 11 Soldiers
We're covering one missing girl ad nauseum, but apparently an international incident involving the loss of 11 Pakistani soldiers' lives during a fight against Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan (remember 9/11? Yeah, remember how it had nothing to do with Iraq?) isn't as important.
We're spoonfeeding our viewers sensationalistic crap, and we're failing to do OUR JOBS as journalists. We as an industry are irresponsible and dangerous.
The news is broken, and we need to fix it.
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