Comments on: Better than any national park https://www.isegoria.net/2019/05/better-than-any-national-park/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:23:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Albion https://www.isegoria.net/2019/05/better-than-any-national-park/comment-page-1/#comment-2787163 Albion Sun, 26 May 2019 12:09:39 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45146#comment-2787163 The old adage ‘If it bleeds, it leads’ still applies to a lot of journalism, and not just bodies. It is a given that only drama sells newspapers, and if you can see fault (or rather, be told of faults) you can become a journalist.

While many media organisations, in our age when information can be so easily obtained and so quickly, have become focused on opinion rather than facts (believing, sometimes wrongly, they are opinion-shapers and therefore ‘good’) the fact is all media needs shock and awe. There aren’t great stories in people being sensible and careful and even respectful of nature, at least according to the excitable people who now inhabit journalism.

As for saying anything nice, that is always reserved for their political heroes, commercial press releases and of course, obituaries. From the latter you can see no bad person ever died.

]]> By: Alrenous https://www.isegoria.net/2019/05/better-than-any-national-park/comment-page-1/#comment-2786329 Alrenous Sat, 25 May 2019 20:07:33 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45146#comment-2786329 Naturally. Journalists are terrible people who hate to say anything nice about anyone.

]]>