If you ask Dan Rather if American Journalism is in a crisis , he'd respond with resounding YES ! In his youtube video he lists every possible reason that the journalism field in America has gone down hill. Anything from technology advancements and newspapers not keeping up to diminishing quality and morals. But is that the truth? Don't we have ourselves, as consumers, to blame? The quality of newspapers may be slipping but it can't all be because of advancements in technology and horrible morals as consumers - it is up to us to demand the quality we want. If it isn't up to our standards than write to the editor and make them aware. And it can't be so lame letter yelling and full of slurs, it needs to be a letter than can be understood and maybe give an idea that you think would help to enhance to paper.
Though I don't deny that online journalism has made a change in the newspaper industry, it SHOULDN'T affect the way journalism is done. It seems less and less fact checking is happening and this leads to untrustworthy news. No one wants to waste time and money reading something that isn't true or that is misleading. This is dangerous for readers and writers all the same. Readers walk away with the wrong information and spread this about and writers are no longer credible sources for information. So is American Journalism in a crisis ? That's debatable, but what isn't up for debate , is that fact that the quality is going down and the sources are no longer what they used to be.
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