- Stefan Candea (Click here to read the full story.)
This is an excellent piece about the pathetic state of journalism in Romania. In my country’s case, the regime change kept many Communist bad apples in place, which have poisoned and keep poisoning the media with their selfish interests.
These local oligarchs lack any dimension of ethics, discourage competition, and don’t adhere to a meritocracy. Why should they adhere to any standards of journalism? After all, their only need is to hire people to produce propaganda and send out the continuing onslaught of infotainment, business and political manipulation, live press conferences as breaking news, and copy-and-paste journalism. A lot of these so-called journalists use their media work as a trampoline propelling them into governmental positions, including foreign diplomacy, or into jobs with a political party or corporation. Their dream is to become part of the establishment.
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