Whose bright idea was it… letting the present day Neanderthal cousins have access to the Internet? Pre-historic, narrow minded mono-brows bashing their thick-headed opinions into cyber space with all the grace and etiquette of a Wooly Mammoth in estrus? Bad idea. BAD idea. Who signed them up for an email account and taught them to use a web browser? Big mistake.
Horizontal aggression and “flame-wars” have replaced human civility and common courtesy. Pre-conceived notions and opinions have trumped cold, hard facts and investigative reporting. Don’t like the message? Well, club the messenger, of course! UGH, Grunt, UGH!
I wasn’t gonna comment on this at all. It’s none of my business, really. But the more I thought about it, the more annoyed I became. Collect, compile and report the local news, simple enough right? Yeah, right.
In this relatively boring little speck of a community, can the average person even fathom how difficult it must be to even publish a newspaper? To keep it interesting, informative and entertaining? Cover all the meetings, games, events… the births and obituaries? And then publish and moderate the website and community forums on top of that? And short handed, no less.
But it’s so darn easy to pick up your club and start fitfully bashing on your keyboard, questioning the intellect, integrity, passion and professionalism of these journalists when you don’t like a story, or the facts don’t quite fit the way you see the world from your cave. Get a grip, or go crawl back under your rock.
Freedom of the Press is one of the few rights that hasn‘t been stomped on yet. Responsible journalism is precious. Keep up the good work, Daily Journal Staff.
