Thursday, May 8, 2008

I question your journalistic integrity

A while ago, I was watching the news, and they were doing a story about how, I believe it was in England, people were stealing tractors and re-selling them. What really got me about the story was the unprofessional way in which this national news anchor, who I will not name, seemed to be on the verge of laughing by the time the story had finished. Well, sweetheart, sorry that you had to degrade yourself and get down from your little golden tower to talk about that. After all, it’s not like it’s your job. Oh wait, it is. You know, that equipment is pretty darn expensive. When a good tractor can set you back $200,000 (which is around the cost of some used combines, which can easily go past the half million mark). I think that the people who are having them stolen deserve a little respect and sympathy. I just found it very, very unprofessional, but not at all unexpected. After all, if you were going to describe how the media portrays farmers, well, I believe the term hillbilly, inbred, hick, and any number of terms will do. How many positive portrayals of farmers have you seen? I’m just saying that you should think before you speak. There are a lot of things I could say about newscasters too, but I won’t, and I won’t laugh at them either.

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