Can you really trust 'citizen journalism' and 'independent media'? - Episode 655 - The Scribble with Jeremy Bradley

Jeremy Bradley, a trained journalist of over 20 years, takes issue with the future of the news business -- and it looks bleak. "I realize the industry has partially done this to itself," he opens. JB talks about the blurring of lines between fact-based journalism and opinion commentary. Just because someone can set up a camera and make a convincing point, doesn't make it factual -- or true. Journalism, for the most part, is outlining who, what, when, where, why and how. "The minute you inject your opinion into the reporting, it taints the story because it's no longer factual. Audiences don't recognize the difference anymore." On the flip side, he says, news personalities want to be social media famous and have cheapened the once-respected craft of journalism. "What do we gain from watching the busty meteorologist put on her makeup and show off her skin-tight dress before today's newscast?"