Once upon a very long time ago, when Journalism was a lofty, reputable profession, news reporters relied on a standard guide to craft their stories. It was known as the 5 W’s and an H. Objectively answer these basic questions in the first paragraph or two and your story is fundamentally sound. Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How? Each question is essential, but one is paramount.
Why?
Every parent knows a child’s search for knowledge and understanding begins with the incessant “Why?” The same is true for scientists, inventors and psychiatrists. But nowhere does “why” dominate as it does in the homicide divisions of law enforcement. Homicide detectives have another word for “why” — called Motive. Find the motive — the reason — and you’re well on the way to nailing the Truth. Unfortunately, Matilda, in all but a few isolated places, Journalism (Media) no longer serves as guardian of the Truth but in fact perpetuates the Lie. Where does that dereliction leave the average American? What are you left to do? Simple. Play detective.
Ask “Why?”
Why are both political party establishments, the DOJ, FBI, CIA, DHS, Big Media, Big Tech, Wall Street and Big Entertainment mortally afraid of Donald Trump and seek to destroy him?
During Covid, why does Media continue to ban the testimony and dissent of thousands of expert medical professionals who have disagreed with government’s health policy?
Why would hospitals, doctors, pharmacies and state governments from coast to coast allow thousands of patients to die on ventilators without implementing early use of known effective therapies? What possible motive encourages trusted institutions and individuals to deny their most vulnerable patients access to proven, safe, inexpensive, repurpose drugs?
Why does Media ban any mention of Covid vaccine deaths and disabling injuries? What is Media’s motive to squelch data that shows clearly — Covid vaccines are responsible for more deaths in two years than all vaccines combined for the past 32 years?
Why do U.S. health agencies, the medical community, pharmacies and state health boards continue to push Covid booster vaccines for children when their risk is essentially zero? The apparent motive is too ghastly to contemplate.
Why does Media totally ignore the fact that vaccinated people are more likely to transmit Covid, more likely to become infected and more likely to be hospitalized than the unvaccinated?
Why did Joe Biden exercise an executive order to shut down the Keystone Pipeline, rendering America energy dependent on foreign oil sources? What motive prompted him to take that step?
Why does the DHS allow millions of illegal aliens to enter the U.S? What motive persuades the agency to give illegals three “hots and a cot” before giving them tickets to the cities of their choice?
Why do political parties — the members of Congress — fight like hell to achieve power and stay in power? Since congressional pay is uniform, what motive goads the members of one Party to wield power over the other?
Why do black Americans comprise more than 50% of the actors on television advertising? What is the motive to over-represent the black population by at least 200%?
Why do Media, Big Tech, Big Universities, Big Health, Big Wall Street, the American Bar Association, Hollywood, the Federal Deep State and National Education Association align with the Democrat Party? Do separate groups share a common motive?
Don’t look to Media outlets for answers to these questions. Mainstream “Journalists” essentially operate under a gag order. Laughably, as the NY Times lies routinely, it fancies itself the paragon of the newspaper industry — what’s left of it. If you want answers, you must trust yourself. Not talking heads. Not your closest friend. And certainly not your congressman. When you read or hear anything — any news or any analysis, including this brief sermon — you must ask: “What is the motive?” Detectives will tell you quite emphatically — you can count basic human motives on one hand. For that reason, to detect them, you may want to courageously heed the obvious.
www.conventionofstates.com
When we first moved here didn’t mind the one-sided Editorial Page because the opposite page was “The Other Side”, edited by Giles Lambertson, I believe.
It was inviting enough to pay the little fee to have the newspaper delivered. Even most of the comics were amusing and not “x-rated”.
Why aren’t there intelligent, honest, caring-for-truth individuals jumping into the printed -media business?
Too difficult to get the truth, too dangerous to report the truth, too many not care about knowing the truth, not enough willing to work hard enough to get the truth.
(Also, many of our college graduates “cain’t speek, spell or write correctly- “ya know, it’s kinda like I mean, well uh, ya know kids (baby goats?) ain’t got no interest and it so gonna take so much time and have to work too hard and too long……….”)
N. J. R. Wells, Greensboro
Thank you for your comments and the hilarious last sentence. It’s possible most “intelligent, honest, caring-for-truth individuals” have long since canceled subscriptions to the GN&R. And you’re correct — many, many college graduates may be literate — but at the 8th grade level. Regards.