Journalism? What's That???

Last night on "The Austin Hill Show" I talked about the "winners" and "losers" thus far in this election cycle, among the American media. I also read a bit from a striking new column making its way through the blogosphere from Tech Journalist (I hesitate to call him that, because he does far more than write about "tech," yet that's what he's most widely known for) Michael S. Malone. Read the column in its entirety, HERE.

Malone levels a - - shall we say, "stinging indictment" - - of what has become of "journalism," and warns of the consequences.

If Malone's assessment of the job "journalists" have done with the election is accurate - - and I believe that it is - - it is even more startling to think of how Americans might become even less informed if, indeed, a President Obama and a Democratically controlled Congress attempted to regulate media content, and in so doing decimated various forms of "alternative media" - - talk radio specifically.

And speaking of "regulating media content" - - F.C.C. Commissioner Michael Copps was interviewed in Baltimore and asked about the possible reinstatement of "The Fairness Doctrine." He made it clear that, in his view, the "version" of the Fairness Doctrine that was repealed in the 1980's would like not return.

But that leads us with the possibility of a "different version" of the Fairness Doctrine, or perhaps a different type of media content regulation.

I've been suggesting for many months that we could be headed for an era of "comprehensive media reform" (read my remarks on that, HERE).

The remarks of Commissioner Copps would seem to suggest that "comprehensive media reform" might be in the works, eventually (read Copps' remarks HERE.).