UNDERNEWS: Department of Good Stuff: Journalists

February 24, 2016

Department of Good Stuff: Journalists

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Anonymous said...: I was writing to ask how many of this list are actually formally trained journalists. It seems as though every news station in America introduces journalists that turn out to be lawyers, retired military that seem to have found a voice and other parts of the anatomy now that they're retired with a fat retirement, and sundry other judges and such that have no formal training and what a journalist really does. But I'll also ask why my comments are being blocked. Did I offend the FBI or someone? Up until a couple of weeks ago I could log in through my FaceBook account but not now,; February 24, 2016 at 11:53 AM

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