When I open Facebook, the first thing I see is the question “What’s on your mind?” Lately I have been pondering the state of journalism. I want to know why no one pursues certain questions which are, for me, needing to be answered if journalism is to maintain its credibility, and if I am going to keep subscribing to the newspaper. Thank God for Sharon Grigsby and Dave Lieber.
Questions and concerns:
- Why does it seem that all discussion of cognitive decline in presidential candidates has fallen off the radar since President Biden stepped back from the race? Why is there not some discussion of mental health when a candidate seems unable to tell the truth?
- Why are there no statistics presenting how many rabid pro-lifers have adopted children from foster care?
- Why doesn’t a sports reporter ask a NASCAR winner how he/she explains the environmental impact of the sport to children or grandchildren?
- Why does no one research how much money is spent on free immigrant health care, when citizens, who have worked for decades, can’t afford their specialty drugs upon retirement and loss of private insurance?
- Why is Big Pharm so unregulated?
- Why is the most highly valued NFL franchise never questioned about what it does to minimize the environmental impact of each game?
- How can one justify cooling a ballpark to 72 degrees when ERCOT asks regular folks to set their thermostats at 78?
- Since science has developed a way to measure carbon footprints, why is this tool not being used so that those who have the biggest must take measures to minimize the impact?
- If women’s bodies can be regulated, why can’t the law mandate vasectomies for men who fail to provide for their genetic offspring?
- How can a woman’s value be assessed by only one type of productivity?
Okay. That’s my rant for the day.
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