American forces have been widely faulted for failing to protect the museum as pillaging swept Baghdad after the invasion. Just 1 percent – of the museum’s 501,000 pieces were looted, and most of the looted pieces were tiny and relatively insignificant beads, amulets and tiny imprinting seals. Note this: Most of the looted items could have been removed in a single backpack.

The point of freedom of the press is that anyone who wants to print a comment, opinion or news can do so without the government interference. The credibility of the publisher is defined by consistency, accuracy and the public.

David Hazinski indirectly suggests that the “self-accredited” mainstream press should be the filter for all the above and thus Nanny the public in opinion, news and policy. Since corporations now consolidate this line of information, I suggest that the people wanting to create standards for accreditation are the ones wishing to retain the power to meter out the news, opinion and policy. Those already in power are setting the standards only they can meet thus trying to excluding all others.

I suggest that the people must have unfettered access to everything they want to hear, read and see. They can make up their own minds. David Hazinski fears that after years of consolidation and control, his power is being diluted. He now has a huge amount of new competition. Everyone else has had to complete with global outsourcing and so, welcome to the Riehl World David Hazinski!

Via the 1st Amendment! Via the Constitution! Via Freedom of Thought! Via Enlightenment! Via the Truth!

Muffler

Crunks 2007: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections
Written and compiled by Craig Silverman

http://www.regrettheerror.com/regret-articles/crunks-07-the-year-in-media-errors-and-corrections

Seriously, once the clowns have annointed themselves with the mantle of Journalist such mundane things as, you know, reporting become less than the dust beneath their sandals

Remember when reporting was a trade, rather than the vocation of journalism? If you polled one of this fool’s classes on why they are getting into journalism the responses would likely be 98% “To change the world for the better” to 1% “It’s a job” with 1% “To report facts accurately.

1. He’s not real happy that “professional” journalists are regularly being “scooped” (that’s a professional term) by “citizen journalists”. The citizens are getting the stories out as they happen and before the “professionals” can get on scene – this is the sour grapes aspect.

2. All this news is getting out to the general public WITHOUT proper editing from the MSM “professionals” that slants it the way they think it should be slanted. This just can’t be tolerated!

3. If the general public is allowed to see/hear news that hasn’t been properly presented by the “professionals” who can tell them the “right” way to interpret it, the members of the public might actually MAKE UP THEIR OWN MINDS! Sacriledge! Such things can’t be allowed!

Slap yourself on the wrist with a wet noodle, Gaius. You and all of those other bloggers and citizen journalists should be ashamed of yourselves for messing up the Journalism “profession”!

Journalism organizations who choose to do nothing may soon find the line between professional and citizen journalism gone as well as the trust of their audiences

What trust, Jackass? The whole reason that Citizen Journalists have risen so fast is that no thinking individual trusts your “profession”. Sheesh.

Ergo, either he’s a liar or the editors at the AJC are incompetent in their “profession.” Or both.

But ignoring that little First Amendment problem, there is the little issue of journalists seeking to restrict access to their profession under the guise of concern for the consumer- even though the consumer isn’t exactly demanding protection against….

Show proper contrition! And be sure to turn on your TV and genuflect towards it, too.