Did you know that journalisming is “hard, really hard?”
That is the message that Jim VanderHai, the CEO and founder of Axios, made to the National Press Club as he was honored for being a Serious Journalist™.
The best part of this sanctimonious rant is when he uses Qatari-funded Al Jazeera as an exemplar of a media outlet that does real truth-seeking reporting without fear or favor. https://t.co/AIeOH5Ga9W
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) November 25, 2024
In principle, I like the idea of there being professional journalists who spend most of their waking hours chasing down news and information. After all, the division of labor exists for a reason. Specialization increases productivity, and theoretically, people who specialize in a task increases productivity by orders of magnitude.
Yes, but. Modern journalists, with few exceptions, suck eggs. They are…
