"Real journalism is different from the gossip, punditry and clickbait that dominates today’s news. Real journalism, in the words of Joseph Pulitzer, is the painstaking reporting that will “fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, [and] always fight demagogues”. Pulitzer said journalism must always “oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the public welfare, never be satisfied with merely printing news, always be drastically independent, never be afraid to attack wrong, whether by predatory plutocracy or predatory poverty”.
When we have had real journalism, we have seen crimes like Watergate exposed and confronted, leading to anti-corruption reforms. When we have lacked real journalism, we have seen crimes like mortgage fraud go unnoticed and unpunished, leading to a devastating financial crisis that destroyed millions of Americans’ lives."
Bernie Sanders, The Media Today
Here are the charts.
Silver has broken out.
Gold is setting its mark higher again.
Stocks were lackluster.
Bill Dudley is always and everywhere a sycophantic tool.
In general, the news and commentary is full of people who are crooks and liars, and just plain nuts.
Try to refrain from joining in.
You will stand to account for all that you say and do. Of this you may be as sure.
You can rehearse all the witty justifications, flippant remarks, and clever arguments that you wish. But when the time comes to present them, and your naked self, before almighty God, I suspect that they will seem a bit thin.
They will be worth nothing then, as they are now.
So now is the time to cast your prideful selfishness asie, and accept the three great gifts of repentance, forgiveness, and thankfulness.
For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, but lose themselves.
Have a pleasant evening.
