In an age when newspapers are more and more playing second
fiddle on the delivery of news
More and more readers are turning to social media but
newspapers choosing to eschew
The number of newspapers and number of journalists across
the nation continue to decline
Anyone looking for news not wanting to wait for the end of
the day or the beginning of the next can go on line
Where once politicians seeking office would make pilgrimages
to a paper’s editorial board
Explaining their platform and hoping for an endorsement that
would influence voters as a reward
In this year’s election the big news was that the Los
Angeles Times and the Washington Post refused to endorse Harris or
Trump to the outcries of their journalist staffs
Most of whom are easily viewed as having a liberal or
leftist outlook while practicing their craft
To almost a person they signed up to the myth that Trump was
a threat to democracy hook, line and sinker
Leaving most readers perplexed and wondering whatever happed
to journalists who were unbiased and balanced thinkers
The New York Times once known as a paper where “all
the news fit to print” one could read
Was melting down in the fact Trump won and sowing the seeds
To attempt the MAGA platform on which he ran fail to succeed
Should come as little surprise distrust of the MSM like the New
York Time is off the charts and its endorsements readers do not heed
While across the nation the Reds winning the popular vote
and Electoral College are in joy and elation
The MSM and some Blue governor hacks are issuing the clarion
call for obstruction and condemnation
© 11/7/2024 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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