What a delight then, to find in America just a few, a very few, reporters who have held on to their dignity, their desire to dig for truth and accuracy and impartiality in what they report – and their courageous decisions to go it alone.
Among those of note are Seymour Hersh – he exposed the My Lai massacre in Vietnam at a time when the New York Times was worthy of the name as a purveyor of truth (but no longer).
Hersh these days is doggedly exposing the role of the US in sabotaging the Nordstream Pipeline. In response, today’s toady journos attack Hersh personally, while omitting the evidence he has so carefully uncovered.
Sharyl Attkison, Lora Logan, Greg Hunter, and now Ivory Hecker (formerly Fox) and Britney Hopper (formerly CBS Los Angeles) are high on my list of those worthy of respect.
Ivory and Britney had a great discussion on Ivory’s totally independent news show this week.
Imagine having your mind set on becoming a television reporter from the age of 12 – achieving that dream – working for 18 years at CBS LA – eventually realizing your bosses only want to air one side of the story (according to their political leanings) – and finally concluding, as Britney says, the “media is the root of all evil.”
Imagine being told when required to wear a mask while reporting on location during the pandemic, that you must NOT wear that mask in future.
What mask?
The one that is an American flag.
Why?
Because it might seem that you are a supporter of Trump.
As she says, and it’s an indisputable fact, “they cherry pick what they want the narrative to be.”
They also tell their reporters what words to use. Like when LA was being trashed and burned and looted, Britney was on location, talked about “rioting” and “protests” and was told not to use those words. Instead, she must call it “an uprising.” And she must most definitely not say that it “looks like a third world country” – but it did.
Ivory Hecker’s parting from Fox is a great story in itself. She actually quit while doing a report on air. Considering her gender, I don’t suppose I should yield to the temptation to say “that takes ….”
Honestly, considering the state of the world at present, and the fact that there really isn’t much positive news to report on these days, I found this interview both informative, and refreshing, because it offers an insight into the way things are moving, albeit slowly, toward a much better future, and these people are really the vanguard of a new era in the information world.
