What is journalism?
Journalism is the activity of gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting news and information. It is also the product of these activities.
Journalism can be distinguished from other activities and products by certain identifiable characteristics and practices. These elements not only separate journalism from other forms of communication, they are what make it indispensable to democratic societies. History reveals that the more democratic a society, the more news and information it tends to have.
Definition of News Reporting
News reporting involves discovering all relevant FACTS, selecting and presenting the important FACTS and weaving a comprehensive story. Reporting involves hard work, which in turn involves stamina and patience. The main function of journalistic profession is news reporting.
FACT
noun
- something that actually exists; reality; truth: Your fears have no basis in fact.
- something known to exist or to have happened: Space travel is now a fact.
- a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true: Scientists gather facts about plant growth.
- something said to be true or supposed to have happened: The facts given by the witness are highly questionable.
- Law . Often facts. an actual or alleged event or circumstance, as distinguished from its legal effect or consequence. Compare question of fact, question of law.
Research Shows
The Media Research Center (MRC) said that major media gave to the Russia probe.
“From January 20, 2017 (Inauguration Day) through March 21, 2019 (the last night before 2,284 minutes of coverage special counsel Robert Mueller sent his report to the attorney general), the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts produced a combined 2,284 minutes of ‘collusion’ coverage, that found no collusion most of it (1,909 minutes) following Mueller’s appointment on May 17, 2017,” MRC reports (emphasis theirs).
Axios reports that since May 2017, exactly 533,074 web articles have been published about Russia and Trump-Mueller, which in turn have generated “245 million interactions — including likes, comments and shares — on Twitter and Facebook.”
According to a count by the Republican National Committee released Sunday, The Post, the New York Times, CNN.com and MSNBC.com have written a combined 8,507 articles mentioning the special Counsel, Collusion, Obstruction.
Here is the Mueller report, by the numbers:
– 675: The number of days from when Mueller was appointed to the day he turned in his report to Attorney General William Barr.
– 19: lawyers [most of whom are Democrats and Democratic donors] who were employed by the special counsel’s office, according to on
– About 40 FBI agents, intelligence analysts, forensic accountants and other staff that assisted with the investigation.
– More than 2,800 subpoenas issued by the Special Counsel’s office, that’s an average of at least four per day.
– Nearly 500 search warrants executed.
– More than 230 orders for communication records.
– Nearly 50 authorized orders for the use of pen registers, a tool that lets the government know who someone is communicating with and when, but not what they said.
– 13 evidence requests to foreign governments
– 500 witnesses interviewed
– $25 million in posted cost as of February
AT THE END NO COLLUSION, NO OBSTRUCTION BY ANYONE ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TEAM, OR TRUMP.
So I guess Will Rogers is right. Don’t Believe Anything You Read And Only Half Of What You See.