Sad Day for Journalism...

I believe that journalists need an independent suburban newspaper that nurtures writers and columnists and a place where they can take their watchdog role passionately. They do good reporting for the sake of reporting and for true journalism and free press. But imagine a small newspaper that becomes a part of the whole powerful conglomerate of media owned by the influential media moguls! In such kind of network, can news reporting still benefit the viewers? They who believe that what is heard from the televised news and what they watch from the media is true and factual? How many news consumers actually analyze what they hear as news?

In my humble opinion, I think we should begin to be very afraid. Suburban newspapers are being added one by one to the powerful media conglomerates' collection! For these highly political and influential media moguls have been maneuvering facts (or mere opinions?). The documentary film that I viewed last week that showed how the media bosses punish their enemies and reward their friends in the news business. I wonder what happens to journalism in our country when the FCC's cross-ownership rules that is designed to prevent antitrust regulation has gone down the drain? In whose point of view is the news (or opinions?) being delivered to us, news consumers? Who do I believe when I turn on my TV news channel after a hard day's work?