HI FABS
BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL, I TOOK A JOURNALISM CLASS AND MY INSTRUCTOR WAS THIS MEAN OLD GRINCH. BOY DID HE HAVE A GREAT CAR THOUGH, A 1955 STUDEBAKER GOLDEN HAWK. WOW, WHAT A SET OF WHEELS. COMPLETE WITH A SUPERCHARGER.
BACK TO JOURNALISM, WE WERE TOLD TO REPORT ON A STORY. HE GAVE US THE PARTICULARS. THE TEXT THAT WE WERE STUDYING FROM SAID "WHEN WRITING A STORY USE THE PRINCIPLES OF THE 5 W'S. WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE AND
WHY."
I WROTE MY STORY AND ADDED A LITTLE FLUFF TO MAKE THE STORY A LITTLE LONGER. I THOUGHT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH SUBSTANCE. HE READ MY STORY, TO THE CLASS, AND PROCEEDED TO GIVE ME ONE OF THE MOST SEVERE VERBAL CHEWING OUTS I
EVER HAD. HE JUST CHEWED AROUND THE EDGES OF MY BACKSIDE AND LET THE MIDDLE FALL OUT ON THE FLOOR. HE CROSSED OUT ALL THE FLUFF AND PUT A BIG RED F ON THE TOP OF MY PAPER. NOW WRITE IT CORRECTLY THE WAY I TAUGHT YOU.
I LEARNED A VERY VALUABLE LESSON. AS SGT FRIDAY USED TO SAY, " JUST THE FACTS AND NOTHING BUT THE FACTS."
SOMETIMES NOWADAYS I WONDER HOW MUCH OF THE THINGS WE HEAR AND READ "ARE JUST THE FACTS" AND HOW MUCH THEY ARE TWISTED AROUND TO SUIT THE REPORTERS WHIMS. ALSO FALSE MATERIAL THAT THE REPORTER RECIEVES. THIS IS WHERE ANY GOOD INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER SHOWS HIS METTLE.
AS ONE EXAMPLE, THATS IMPORTANT TO US PEOPLE, FIREARMS. LOOK AT HOW FIREARMS ARE DEMONIZED. AND THE SPORTSWOMEN AND MEN WHO USE THEM. THE ONLY REPORTER ON A NETWORK BROADCAST THAT WILL BACK SPORTSPEOPLE AND FIREARMS IS JOHN STOSSEL ON ABC.
AS A MATTER OF FACT I REALLY DON'T TRUST THE NATIONAL NETWORKS, AND I MUST NOT BE THE ONLY ONE BECAUSE THEIR RATINGS HAVE FALLEN IN PAST YEARS.
SLIPSHOD REPORTING IS THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS THE ANTI GUNNERS AND THE BRADY BUNCH AND THEIR ILK GOING. REMEMBER THE OLD IDIOM," A LIE TOLD OFTEN ENOUGH BECOMES TRUTH."
IT SURE SOUNDS TO ME LIKE SHE, MS. WILBANKS, TOLD THE WORLD AND POLICE SHE WAS KIDNAPPED, IF IN FACT SHE DID THAT IS FILING A FALSE POLICE REPORT, AND WHERE I COME FROM THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW. ALSO BECAUSE SHE CROSSED STATE LINES IS THAT FEDERAL?
WELL I'M OUTTA HERE. IT TAKES ME A LONG TIME TO TYPE OUT THESE DISSERTATIONS ONE HANDED. IT'S 3 O'CLOCK AND I TURNED INTO A PUMPKIN AT MIDNITE.
GLAD YOU LIKED THE FAIRY TALE.
