The title of this post is pure disinformation guys…
When I decided to become a journalist I was motivated by a particular book written by the italian writer Antonio Gramsci it’s name was “the role of intelectuals on the creation of culture” I thought that was extremelly interesting. This was because I always wanted to do social work. Therefore I saw myself helping rather than living a selfish life…
However, I have to say that, over the years, I learned that there are some books that you should read when your critical skills are more developed hahaha. This is , although the intentions of the author were truly sincere, they were made for a particular period and that was a too different one.
So, after some years I became a journalist, but I have to say that I was very disappointed with the exercise of this career.
First, I think that nobody told Gramsci that there is a sort of “dark” and “sinister” entity over the journalist… this is the owner of the medium! at the end of the day, this is the one who decides what will be published and furthermore how. So I many times spent many hours of my day doing field research, looking for the so called “truth” everywhere, and when I found what I needed I gave bird to my reports… which were many times killed before they see and feel the warm touch of the ink in the printing building. Who was the assasin? take a guess… yes HE… THE DARK HAND BEHIND THE DESK (commonly a long bearded old man with a face similar to those pictures of Marx, but with the extra touch of a cuban cigarrete on their mouth) yes, the editor is like the modern jesus christ in the way that they are there representing the “big boss” (the owner) interest and those are the ones which determine what are you going to read this sunday morning.
No need to say that many times, the news are not 100% true, because there is a high level of “disinformation” (here you have a little example) behind them. So, welcome to the dark world of news, where the children of information (journalists) are many times sacrified by their own parents!
After my experiences back in my country I decided to give a new start an perspective to my career and thas is how I become a tv documentary director… it was like open my eyes and realise that the only truth is that one that you feel and percive, so you can be right or wrong, so sorry guys!
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There’s heaps of independent media organisations out there looking for ethical journalists – it just depends on how much money you want to make. Follow your passion and become a volunteer somewhere like 3CR.
Thanks for the advice, I will consider it…
and by the way I have to say that the concept of “independent organisations” is very interesting to be analysed…
For instance, can we say that organisations such as “Greenpeace” are independent? are they really fighting for our whales or there is something more important behind? is an interesting topic, sadly it goes out of the purpose of my blog, because I want to make my space a place for analysing journalism and the new context….
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