On Tyranny (Graphic Edition) by Timothy Snyder

Author:Timothy Snyder
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Published: 2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00

The better print journalists allow us to consider the meaning, for ourselves and our country, of what might otherwise seem to be isolated bits of information. But while anyone can repost an article, researching and writing is hard work that requires time and money. Before you deride the “mainstream media,” note that it is no longer the mainstream. It is derision that is mainstream and easy, and actual journalism that is Once we subliminally accept

thinking about real life,

edgy and difficult.

that we are watching a

no image can actually hurt

reality show rather than

the president politically.

So try for yourself to write a proper article, involving work in the real world: traveling, interviewing, maintaining relationships with sources, researching in written records,

verifying everything, writing and

revising drafts, all on a tight and

unforgiving schedule.

Reality television must

If we found a video of an

become more dramatic

American president performing

If you find you like doing this,

with each episode.

Cossack dances while

keep a blog. In the meantime,

give credit to those

who do all of that

for a living.

Journalists are not

perfect, any more

than people in other vocations are perfect. But the work of Vladimir Putin claps,

with him wearing a

people who adhere to journalistic ethics is of a different we would probably just

bear suit and holding

demand the same thing

rubles in his mouth.

quality than the work of those who do not.

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