Be nice to Jed. He is a talking head, not a reporter. He also is an amateur librarian. This may help educate the Vortex crew a little: We must not have a slop of divergent definitions, right?
Definition: A reporter is someone who
is employed to investigate and report
news stories, either for a newspaper,
website or broadcast.
Definition: A commentator is someone who
is employed to write or deliver opinions
on a specific subject areas for newspapers,
web sites or broadcasts by analysis of news
stories.
The operative word is employed. Jed and all the other crew members who love to propagate floods of words are worth every nickel they are paid. Perhaps they can add a bit of LiBH4 to their diet and get super fired up, though not to exceed 1200 C. Would not want a melt down.
On The Beat
Axil Axil
Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:01:00 -0700
The spirit of my post was to emphasize the importance of “old school
journalism” as an ideal of what journalism should be.
Unlike many journalists practicing today who believes in a desk job or
"research" on a computer screen, an old school journalist wants to have
first hand impressions, gathered from talking with real people and from
going on location. The authentic journalist should take his readers along
with him on this journey of discovery. The favorite stories of such a
journalist should involve "participatory journalism".
The journalist who takes your opinion about the character of Rossi is not
worth his salt. He needs to find out the facts for himself as a service and
a sacred duty to his readers.
Cheers: Axil
