Uh Huh! Not hard to undertsand the reason for this.

If ever a group had so completely designed their dissolution it is journalists. Since most in the MSM had abdicated any pretense at impartiality people have voted with what’s left of the free market system and found alternative news sources that picked up the slack.

My only question is, will America recover from the downhill slide towards socialism – or – will the apparent direction indicate that even alternative news sources will eventually come under the control of the government??

To find a reason for the downfall of Journalism, one only need look at the Huffpo journalists and their ability to cut their pay to ZERO. When you have a profession that anyone thinks they can do and everyone is allowed to do…there will be no degree program left unless something is done. IMHO

I’ve been a journalist – proudly – for more than 30 years and have been fortune enough to have associated with hundreds of talented men and women with the skills necessary to succeed in many higher-paying professions. Instead, they chose the news business to make a valuable contribution to the peoples’ right to be informed about the world they live in.

I’ve not gotten rich, but have never regretted my professional course or my “useless” degree. I love what I do every day. How many of you can say that?

Well … I know someone just completing an MA degree in “Charitable Organization Management” … and that sounds to me like a pretty useless degree (???)

Or, how about an undergraduate degree in “Political Science”? Now, that sounds pretty useless today, doesn’t it? (Just check the educational backgrounds of so-called political analysts like Limbaugh, Beck and Hannity.)

And, if you ask me, an undergraduate degree in “Psychology” is probably the MOST USELESS undergraduate degree.

Of course, for people who spend a good part of every day ragging on the “lame stream” mass media … naturally … THEY are the ones who are going to ceaselessly mock degrees in “Journalism”.

Partisanship. Ain’t it great?

I think I mentioned this before. My Older sister’s Bro-in-law graduated from Columbia w/ Journalism deg.,,,but could not get a job in Manhattan. I was in Vietnam at the time, so by the time I got back,,Jerry took a job as a toll taker on the Triboro bridge. I believe all of those fumes killed him in his late 50′s. Kids with EE deg’s went from the Grad line to the Unemployment line years ago,,but that changed with the coming of PC’s & huge Mainframes. It all goes in cycles,,,but I believe that Technology,which changes almost weekly,,is ruining Print Papers & Magazines
I grew up in NYC in the 50′s withas many as 9 Daily papers & hundreds of Magazines ,,including a brand new one called “Playboy” in 53. It is so sad to see this great craft go the way of magnetic tape recording & B&W TV & Dial phones. Now ,,we have TV “Journalists” such as Chris ‘tingle’Matthews,
who has an Economics degree,not Journalism,,,or Olbermann, A BB card geek, trying to tell us that ‘all is well’ as long as we believe the Lefty Lies.
To Lee Enfield,,,,Retire if & when you can brother,,before it’s too late.

To the Major:
Thanks for your concern. I do plan to retire in a couple of years and am looking at a significant 401K to help me along. Despite my “useless” degree, I earn what I consider to be an excellent salary that puts me solidly in the ranks of the middle of the middle class.

Hey Mr. Enfield,
After 30 years of “proudly” serving in the field of journalism I’m wondering if you made a “fortune” or were “fortunate” to be a member of the corps. Just happy I never had to muddle through your sentence construction.
Johnson
Bonsall, CA

Bob:
You are right, typos suck.
Sorry.

The people dont trust the journalists no more becuase their all payed liars and fabricaters

Mr. Enfield,
Checking copy before publication is weak also!
Johnson
Bonsall, CA