About political journalism

“Being a real political journalist isn’t about building a brand. It’s about reporting what’s happening and explaining why it’s happening and letting the public absorb the facts without judging them for coming to a different conclusion. If you do this job seeking popularity or to simply be an activist, you are doing this job incorrectly.”

— Chuck Todd

An outside observation

Los Angeles TV coverage of the recent fires

From Jefferson Graham:

A quick note about the supposed “death” of traditional TV because we’re all into streaming now, right? 

Where did you first turn to find out about the fires? Netflix? Amazon Prime? or KTLA?

I’m assuming if you’re in Los Angeles, it was local TV, KCBS, KNBC, KTLA, KABC, KCAL or KTTV. And if you’re out of town, you found a way to access one of the local channels on your streaming menu like my brother did from his home in Atlanta. Their coverage of their local area simply can’t be beat. 

Broadcast TV is not going away anytime soon.