{"id":19052,"date":"2017-03-30T11:49:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T15:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=19052"},"modified":"2017-03-31T10:57:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T14:57:32","slug":"why-does-journalism-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2017\/03\/30\/why-does-journalism-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does journalism matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Pete Souza (White House photographer) – Journalists in Oval Office<\/p><\/div>\n

Well, it doesn’t–not in a dictatorship or absolute monarchy. There’s no voting, there’s no public engagement in the life of the nation. But access to fact-based news and independent analysis is essential to a functioning democracy. I do not think this can be overstated. If the public is uninformed or misinformed, the dictator can do what he wants. Period.<\/p>\n

Of course, it’s not always black and white. And that’s kind of where we’re at right now, in the gray zone. Reliable journalism is under attack from political ideologues and from the current administration. That’s a fact. That is not a partisan statement.<\/p>\n

Our job–your job–is to keep journalism strong. Once we lose trustworthy reporters, it’s not that easy to get them back. And, without them, we’re all flying blind.<\/p>\n

The Watertown Daily Times, our colleagues in the business of real news, published a much-appreciated editorial<\/a> to lend support to NCPR’s fundraising and the work supported by public contributions. Back at you friends: newspapers and commercial radio stations are essential to the life of every community. We must not lose any more of these local institutions–subscribe and listen.<\/p>\n

We’re all in this together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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