Reporting changed to journalism when college-indoctrinated creeps began infiltrating the profession, replacing the typical reporter who was a literate working-class guy. His editors were also from the school of hard knocks, usually former beat reporters with lots of competent work behind them.

The owners and editors-in-chief were the rich political climbers, the ones currying favor with the powerful. Of course, the dailies of the major cities were the ones with their noses furthest up the asses of politicians while the owners of Podunk papers schmoozed with their local gentry and town politicians/wealthy merchants, and their reporters dreamed, Luther Gibbs like (See "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken"), about a move to the Big Town.

Reporting changed to journalism when college-indoctrinated creeps began infiltrating the profession, replacing the typical reporter who was a literate working-class guy. His editors were also from the school of hard knocks, usually former beat reporters with lots of competent work behind them.

The owners and editors-in-chief were the rich political climbers, the ones currying favor with the powerful. Of course, the dailies of the major cities were the ones with their noses furthest up the asses of politicians while the owners of Podunk papers schmoozed with their local gentry and town politicians/wealthy merchants, dreaming, Luther Gibbs like (See "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken"), about a move to the Big Town.