The problem with journalism is that even a genius is unable to grasp complex activities, industries, enterprises, bodies of knowledge, or even just jobs without studying them.

Michael Yon reminds us of what journalism should be.

Our country has perverted the idea of egalitarianism to equate to the idea that “Nobody is any smarter than I am.”

The corollary: “Nothing anyone else does is too complicated for me to master at a glance.”

Just a couple of decades back, there were reporters working for national networks who had law degrees, science degrees, et cetera. They had spent years studying specialized areas of human endeavor, and they knew the histories of most of the people who worked in those areas, had interviewed most of them multiple times. They could discuss the subjects of those specialized areas with other people working in them, at the same intellectual level. Finally, they were reasonably good writers, and storytellers who could sort out the central ideas and provide context and clarity for listeners who had not spent years studying those subjects.

All that has been turned on its head.

Now we have news anchors pulling in salaries that rival many third world GDP’s, but who can’t logic their way out of an open toilet stall.

Shouldn’t be trusted calculating a tip at a diner.

Big hair, capped teeth, and botox.

Sounds like a really awful Law firm.

If they had to button their own shirts, they would have to snip off the extra button at the neck every time.