I don’t like to climb into my pulpit too often, but I just feel the need to today. Have you noticed what has happened to objective journalism? Now, I don’t have a degree in journalism, but I know enough that reporters, newspapers, and T.V. stations aren’t supposed to let their bias show. That’s what the editorial pages are for. I really began noticing this with the elections last year. Print and T.V. media were using all these superlative adjectives to describe anything connected with the president. Huh? Isn’t that something taught the first day of Journalism 101? NO ADJECTIVES ALLOWED! I’m a writer. Adjectives are totally subjective. What I may call a beautiful sunset, you may think average.

A*L is my homepage. But it won’t be for much longer. Lately, when I click on a news story there, instead of being sent to an Ass*ciated Press article, for example, I’m sent to a blog. A very opinionated, one-sided blog. For example, yesterday they had a headline about former president Cart*r leaving his church. I was curious as to why, so I clicked on the headline to find out more. The blog I was redirected to stated that he left his church over his disagreement with their policy against ordaining women. Nice and objective. Let me make up my own mind about whether or not I agree with what he did. But the blog went on to praise President Cart*r for standing up to religion.

I was upset to read an editorial instead of a news story.

Have blogs links on the side of web page. In no way, shape or form should A*L or any other news agency allow a blog to fill in for a news story. It saddens me deeply to see this, because so many people no longer think for themselves. They take their cues and make up their minds about things based on what Katie C*uric says each night. The media should report the facts. Nothing more.

I agree with President Cart*r’s former church, by the way. I can say things like that here. It’s my personal blog. This entry should never be a link to a news headline. It’s full of opinions. And that’s my two cents worth.