Distractions for bobble-heads

dbbearden

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Friday May 17, 2013 · 11:24 AM PDT

2013/05/17 · 11:24

I spent a decade as the editor of a small weekly newspaper and a previous decade as a reporter at a wide variety of local newspapers starting in the 1980s. I understand that the fourth estate has a sacred role to play in democracy; but honestly the skills and training of the average journalist are not much greater than those of the average Internal Revenue Service worker.

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