Ron Fournier is pretty relieved right about now:
Such a good time not to be covering the White House or national politics. #EvergreenTweet
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) January 4, 2018
You'd think this would be a dream come true? Most entertaining time ever.
— John Sitkiewicz (@Jrock41S) January 4, 2018
He’s got a good reason to feel so relieved:
Most journalists get into the business to make things better, to force change, to move the needle. That can’t happen in DC right now. Can here https://t.co/aDe0V7oy2b
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) January 4, 2018
Hmmm … did that come out the way he meant it to?
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/948975963412598784
Yep.
https://twitter.com/IPAzRGR8/status/948885131682566144
Save the sanctimony. You’re supposed to report the news. “Agents of change”? 95% of you people don’t even take economics or business courses, but pontificate on tax reform.
— Austere Religious Scholar (@JailBarackObama) January 4, 2018
They don't get into it to report facts?
— Rob Eno (@Robeno) January 4, 2018
Force change? I’m not sure that’s your job.
— kidney bean (@MRSlimabeansNO) January 4, 2018
I'm glad you didn't include "report the news" on your list.
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) January 4, 2018
Your job is to report real news, not “move the needle” or push an agenda.
— Holistic Nutrition (@amythedietitian) January 4, 2018
That must be why so many journalists are so sh*tty at reporting the news. Why don't they go into politics instead, if that's what they really want to do?
— Don Burton (@deburton63) January 4, 2018
Good for Ron, accidentally admitting that journalism is a profession riddled with agenda-driven political activists. https://t.co/iUqBzLDp7h
— Jason Hart (@jasonahart) January 4, 2018
So what you're saying is they are agenda driven activists? Thanks for clarifying
— Pistolannie (@Pistolannie31) January 4, 2018
This is the exact opposite of what journalism should be.
— Drew Gibson (@drewgibson) January 4, 2018
This would actually be done for an op-ed column. Journalism is news, unbiased.
— Phil (@navydoc201) January 4, 2018
With all due respect, we don’t want activism, we want real factual news.
— Jane_Herriot (@jane_herriot) January 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/V4Analysis/status/948724208091193344
We would like "journalists" to report what happens, then let us decide how we feel about it. It's no wonder the public distrusts the media. People don't want lectures from the press.
— John Doiron, GenX Influencer (@jfd1965) January 4, 2018
I thought journalists simply reported events and what each sides arguments were. But this tweet certainly explains what we are seeing now. Advocacy journalism much like social justice taints journalism as it does justice.
— Jw (@JwemailJw) January 4, 2018
I wish their main goal was to expose the truth regardless if it helps or hurts their preferred narrative. This sums up the problem w journalism today: pic.twitter.com/xSZ4YAtjwM
— Shane Moberg (@Shanemober) January 4, 2018