The sorry state of journalism in America.

Since the election, I've kept politics on the down low. 

The main reason being that what little I try to add would not contribute anything to the cacophony of nonsense that had been the national narrative since election day.

There's simply no point. 

Even with that, there should be one thing that checks all this nonsense, journalism.

Imagine what would have happened if those in the profession actually DID THEIR JOBS and used true objectivity through the election cycle?

I submit to you that it would be very different indeed had truth in reporting would have been the role of the day as opposed to the partisan tripe issuing from the profession today.

This week, the incoming President held a press conference in which he refused to answer a question from a CNN reporter  (John Acosta) based on an unverified report attached to an intelligence report that detailed deviant behavior on his part.

At the risk of being labeled partisan myself toward the President Elect he was quite correct in doing so.  It was a classic "gotcha" situation that CNN tried to pin him down on, and he wasn't having it and he ate the reporters lunch.

While it set off a firestorm of criticism that the President Elect was being evasive and not welcoming to the press and the usual rot, but it was a burn he deftly avoided.  It was a sound enough spanking that it got CNN to retreat and issue a reaffirmation of values later on that day.

Once upon a time in the profession of journalism you went with a story only if you could verify the accuracy and confirm that it was truthful.  That was engraved in stone once upon a time, and nowadays it is more of a vague suggestion with clicks and ratings taking precedence over integrity, objectivity and substance.

The sad part is that there will be no apology for this, and I'm not talking about from CNN to President Elect Trump.  They owe it to the American people because of there's supposed to be a fair and balanced check on the political machine it should be the profession of journalism.

And they dropped the ball.