It is not so much the Journalists as much as it is a pushy Sales Department.
Once upon a time the Sales team was to stay far away from the Newsroom. Now they are right there. They see just a little piece of the Story they want it out right then. They don't care about checking the facts, they want the grab-ability of a shocking headline.
And they know how to push it on the air by calling the Bosses/Owners and plead with them by stating how much they would/will make. That makes it where a Story goes out with little to no investigating. And this is how we end up with all these non-scandals.
The Sales Dept. get used by the GOP to push this crap as well. The repukes spin doctors know that id they want to push a non story for the sack of trying to make the President look bad, they can rely on leaking "much to do about nothing" to them so they will push it for them. Thus messing up airing of real news.
Today's Sales Dept. makes real Journalism next to imposable!
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