I have already aired the opinion that the news has become a commodity, a form of consumerism, but what do I really mean by this? To my mind, it is completely obvious that the news is now nothing more than another pastime. That is because production of the news has become another closed-rank profession.
Consider this tangent for a moment: professions, not as an avenue (as in the phrase "career path") but as a securely guarded building where none but the certified (or, in the case of politicians, certifiable) may enter. None may practice any form of medicine save the trained physician; so far, so good. But now, it is actually against health and safety guidelines to give painkillers to a colleague at work, and by that logic therefore, to ask for them!
So it is with the news (or any form of "professional" writing for that matter). Those of you that have tried to get published, take heart! Your writing isn't bad, it simply does not meet the political ideological standards of the publisher/editor, aka the reader base, aka the accountant watching the circulation numbers.
Continue reading this article here:
http://www.hungrysociety.co.uk/topics/80-media/93-news-as-a-commodity
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