Guest post by Uncle Al-
I’ve been reading Vin Suprynowicz for a long time, well before he left the Las Vegas Review Journal where he was a reporter, columnist, and editor. He writes and posts articles at his own web site ( https://www.vinsuprynowicz.com ) a few times a month and most are very worthwhile reading.
His most recent piece, On Reporters Who Ask No (Unapproved) Questions, is especially good. As a newsman for 40 years, meaning his experience goes back well before the news media became partisan prostitutes and also before the rise of bloggers and citizen journalists, he poses five questions to today’s “journalists” and asks why they aren’t asked. They’re very good questions. They’re essential questions. And you have to dig deep to find anyone asking them. Certainly no one in today’s MSM – which is better characterized by calling them what they are: Guardians of the Swamp.
From the lead-in of the article:
What disgusts me so much is not just that virtually everyone in the “legitimate, mainstream news business” is now a well-trained Marxist, all reading from the same list of talking points disguised as “questions.” It’s that they just don’t show any damned curiosity.
You really need just two things to be a reporter. OK, it helps to be able to organize your thoughts and write the facts in descending order of importance in a hurry in crisp, clear sentences. But the two things you really need are curiosity, which should be inborn, and a second thing, which takes some discipline and training, because it goes AGAINST the politeness that our mothers taught us.
The second thing you need is to not be afraid — to boldly demonstrate that you have no fear whatsoever — of being taken for an idiot or an a-hole.
I was a newsman — reporter or editor — for 40 years. Many’s the time I called the “public relations director” of some government agency. “Is it true,” I’d ask, that your boss, the director of the agency, said or did this really dumb, outrageous thing yesterday?
Many’s the time I’d hear, “Now Vin, have you been talking to those black helicopter conspiracy nuts again? Does that sound to you like something the director would say and do?”
They’re good at this. Did you want to confess to being some kind of black-helicopter conspiracy nut? You’re not likely to get invited out with the rest of the gang for beers on Friday night, not likely to get to spend time with the prettier gals in the newsroom, if you get THAT reputation. Easier to chuckle and say, “Yeah, Tom, I guess you’re right.”
But a real reporter doesn’t give a damn about being thought of a “nice guy.” He says, “It’s interesting, Tom, but in those two rhetorical questions you just asked me, I didn’t hear the word ‘Yes’ or the word ‘No.’ So, again, yesterday afternoon at 4 p.m., did your boss say and do that stupid thing?”
“Well, Vin, I don’t really know. I’ll have to check.”
“I’d appreciate it, Tom. And when you don’t know, Tom, maybe in future you should just f-ing TELL me you don’t know, what do you think? “
Vin’s first question topic is Hillary’s Health. You should read the piece to see the rest of the questions.
What he said, plus the srudy that shows their brains function at a lower level and they are drunks:
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/05/19/study-do-journalists-brains-function-at-a-lower-level-than-average-people-n2329307
Journos, you will now recite the Glenn Thrush Credo:
“No worries Because I have become a hack I will send u the whole section that pertains to u. Please don’t share or tell anyone I did this Tell me if I fucked up anything.”
TRex kind of reminded me of Beavis, the way he was looking at Miss Katronic.
Thanks Uncle Al. A good read. However, I’m not sure how you remember how to spell the name of the website. It’s like someone dropped the scrabble titles on the floor.
He makes an excellent point in the comments about the difference between a FISA Title I warrant & a Title VII warrant. Asking why the warrant that practically allows anyone to be monitored ( basically a seven degrees of separation thing) was issued when the more restrictive warrant would have been sufficient for the official stated purpose.
ought to mandatory reading in ‘gernalism’ class
… alas, not to be …
@Blink – How do I spell Suprynowicz? C-o-p-y-/-p-a-s-t-e (-:
Thanks, BFH, for publishing this. Obviously, I find it outstanding, but I’m partial to Vin S. BTW, Vin mentions a handful of web sites where the right kind of journalism is done, and the first one is CTH. The rest are in the article for those who haven’t read it yet.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU Mr. Big for this one!
So sad that he’s not being read by more or required reading as mentioned above…
Wow. This guy is good. “Parkinson’s is not just a neural, but also a neuro-PSYCHIATRIC disorder; it can affect judgment, mood, and reasoning. Yet you did everything you could (from one-sided coverage, to slipping her the debate questions in advance) to rig the presidential election”
Where does he get his info?
I hope this mans article is read fur and wide. It is a great kick in the ass to kiddy journals.
I remember Scott Adams making the point that the people we put in charge are no better than the effects of the drugs they take. He never made any accusations or pointed out specific examples, but I think we all knew who he was talking about.
This is why they face ever decreasing readership. Their boring and canned horseshit just isn’t selling. The only question is can the tables turn before our destruction is complete?
Excellent article, Uncle Al. Thanks for posting it. I especially like that he referenced Dr. Ted Noel who did an excellent series on why he believes Hillary has Parkinson’s. Very credible.
The less relevant they make themselves in the MSM, the more important places like this become. I look forward to replacing all of them with meaningful content.
@ Uncle Al and BFH
Thanks for reacquainting me with Vin Suprynowicz.
It has been several years since I followed his articles.
He’s one of the few remaining true journalists that have a forum.