The Truth

BY: DR. FOREST LEWIS

I was up this morning going through my daily ritual of getting cleaned up.

I had my radio tuned to a station that I have listened to for more than thirty years. Radio has changed so much since I was a kid. Back in the 50's, you had to use your imagination when you listened to radio. Many of the hit shows of the day were on radio. Many of you reading this column understand what I'm talking about. I will never forget the Heavyweight championship fight between Ezzard Charles and Jersey Joe Walcott. Everyone in my family had their ears glued to the radio. Yes, those were the "Golden Days Of Radio."

Today, radio is just a vehicle used to spew out commercials, and for the most part, "music, which is so debasing to women." I recall whenever I wanted to listen to the latest news, I could always rely on my radio. Those days ended, a long time ago. Today, instead of providing us with a seasoned newscaster, radio stations give us assorted "Clowns" reading the news from the local newspaper. In my area, it is not usual to hear the "Traffic Reporter Reading The News, Or A Disk Jockey."

Today, you can witness a news story unfold before your very eyes. In many cities in America, you will not hear this story on radio. There is a good chance you will never see the story on your six o'clock television news either. I was fortunate to have been trained by "Real Broadcast Journalists." I can not tell you how many stories I had thrown back at me, because it didn't measure up to the standards of the News Director. Of course, I got mad, because I thought that "I was Perfect." That belief system in me was quickly shattered. I am grateful, because I went on to become an award winning broadcast journalist.

I decided to leave the field in the 1980's because I saw what greedy out of town people were doing. They would come into a town, buy a radio station. And then re-format it with, "Hard Rock, Acid Rock, Or Elevator Music." News in their minds was an outdated source. So, veteran newscasters were sent packing, and in their sted, we got "Traffic Reporters Delivering The News." I can recall applying for a part-time job. I had my aircheck(Audio News Tape) "Critiqued By Someone Who Had Never Worked A Single Day As A Broadcast Journalist." This fellow's claim to fame, "He Worked For A Local Outlet That Sold Records."

As I prepared for today's activities, the two "Disk Jockeys" were discussing a double homicide that took place on Monday. One of the murders took place at five p.m., while the last one occurred at seven p.m. The female disk jockey gave her audience what she apparently considered a brilliant analysis of "Why Reporters Visit The Families Of Shooting Victims."

She said that it would "Be Disrespectful To Not Interview The Famlies." I knew that this young lady was simply regurgitating some nonsense that a professor had taught her in college. Chances are, this professor never worked as a broadcast journalist. During the latter part of my broadcasting career, I saw a number of these new journalists enter the field. They had no clue what true journalism was. But, they came in great hordes to a business that was at one time easily distinguishable. At one point, you could easily tell a broadaster from an average person. His voice was polished, and this person, if he worked in a Major Market, had a "Golden Voice." Today, we can find someone who works in a car wash, and who sounds the same as a so-called professional broadcaster!

The female disk jockey that I listened to, said something else that totally blew me away. She said reporters will talk to family's in order to humanize the victim and the families. Folks, if you never remember anything else from today's column, try to remember this. Broadcast journalists today have an ego that would not fit inside "Yankee Stadium." These people only care about one thing, "Themselves." Hell, they couldn't spell the word, "Empathy."

Yet, here was little Ms. Cutsey trying to convince her listerners into thinking that these narcissists do stories involving shooting victims, because, "They Care." Give me a break!

Most of the shooting victims in this country's urban areas are involved in drugs. No, they are not model citizens. And no, I don't lose any sleep over someone removing them from our planet. When I hear of a drug dealer being shot, I find myself asking, "How Many People Did This Slimeball Shoot And Kill, Before He Got His Comeuppance?"

Humanize them? These people aren't human. Instead of crying over some scumbag being blown away, "Little Ms. Reporter" should be asking, "Why Is It That Liberals Have Tied The Hands Of Our Police, Thus Preventing Them From Ridding Our Society Of This Filth?"

"Why Is It That Liberals Fight Against The 2nd Amendment?" This nation's urban areas are blighted; and are being overrun by terrorists, and this little nitwit seeks to "Humanize Killers." Whether she knows it or not, these people are every bit as dangerous as IslamoFascists. No, they haven't started blowing up people yet, but they most certainly don't mind killing innocent civilians, who happen to get caught between these sociopaths chasing, and shooting in a pell mell fashion at their intended victim(s)!

I remember back in the late 1970's when this reporter took his microphone and cameraman inside the hospital room of a person who had been seriously injured in a car accident. Had I been a member of this person's family, I would have tossed this jerk and his cameraman out on their ear. They weren't interested in the accident victim. The reporter and his cameraman were only interested in sensationalizing the story.

If reporters wish to humanize the victims of shootings, let's start with the families of our Iraqi and Afghanistan War Veterans. Have you noticed that the War in Iraq is once again, "Front Page News?" Why is this, you ask? The reason is simple, "Americans Are Dying Once Again." Our "Empathic Press" can now go back to giving us a daily body count.

Why didn't these caring scribes show us the good things going on in Iraq during the let down in fighting? I think you know the answer to that.

Today's journalists revel in "Americans Dying In Iraq And Afghanistan." These people are basically, "Socialists In Their Political Thinking." Like their European counterparts, they love to show their own country in a bad light.

So, do not believe the lie, "Journalists Report Homicides In Order To Humanize The Victims And Their Families."

These ego-driven SOB's are only concerned about their ratings, and the next move up on the career ladder!