1907 Joseph Pulitzer Quote [WTF happened to American journalism?]

[JaneyVee]

I know that my retirement will make no difference in its cardinal principles,
that it will always fight for progress and reform,
never tolerate injustice or corruption,
always fight demagogues of all parties,
never belong to any party,
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.

This was part of his retirement speech and his confidence in the future profession of journalism. Things have changed a bit since then it seems.

Joseph Pulitzer also fought in the Civil War in New York's cavalry 1st Regiment Union Army and served as a Democratic congressman for New York, all before becoming a journalist.

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. It's gone commercial.

Gore Vidal defined commercialism as doing something well that ought NOT to be done at all.

I think there's still "journalism". But you have to really search for it and it's got nothing to do w. corporations and their subsidiaries w. FCC licenses.

[Blue_Tires]

2. Consolidate corporate ownership is what happened...

Nothing more complex than that...