Principles of Cultural Marxist Journalism
The Pew Research Center published the results of a study they completed in October of 2013 called the "Principles of Journalism[1]." This was a three plus year study where they talked with journalist and "others." I have no idea who the "others" are. We'll make the overt assumption these "others" are somehow related to the journalist industry. This study should not be confused with the 1999 study they did call "Striking the Balance, Audience Interests, Business Pressures and Journalists' Values[2]." If I may quickly point out, the interesting observation about this study is what they identified as the single most often issue facing journalism.
The single issue concerning the industry is the "lack of credibility in journalism." Hopefully, this opinion piece will add light to their concern, if they don't already know.
With all these conversations, the study was able to identify commonalities journalist and "others" shared. I found it quite interesting how this paralleled to Journalists loyal to Cultural Marxism. Marxist Journalists follow their own set of ideological principles. Probably unbeknown to many of them who are either too young to know or too old to care. Either way, I'm sure they have a very good idea of the road they travel. Even for those who many not know in the beginning, sooner or later they will have to make a choose which road to follow. You are either all in, or you are all out. There is no in between when it comes to Marxism.
A little background on The Pew Research Center. The Pew is a "fact" tank. I guess marketing notified them the word "think" was either to passé or overused so they went with "fact." Think of it on a marketing basis, you can not argue with a fact. You can argue with a "thought," but not with "fact." The Pew performs research and writes, without thinking, about issues (fact), attitudes (fact) and trends (more facts) shaping America and the world. Yes, I am jesting here, but you get the picture. The Pew Research Center does its best to stay neutral since it is pretty safe to be neutral in the Age of Uncertainty. We'll go deeper into that in a later writing, for right now, let us concentrate on The Principles of Cultural Marxist Journalist.
Before we begin, I want to quickly provide an understand of the form of Marxism I am talking about. Karl Marx, the father of Marxism, for the most part, attacked capitalism. Well, at least he attacked uncentralized, uncontrolled capitalism. Marxism is in opposition to the ability for an individual to gain an abundance of wealth (income), and materials utilizing their mental or physical ability. Anything gained should be gained through the State and should be redistributed, according to the Ideological State, to all persons in the system. With that said, I will be talking about an advanced or an evolved form of Marxism. This is called Cultural Marxism. This form Marxism evolved by concentrating primarily on a society's culture as a way to spread division to help redefine society. One way Cultural Marxism will spread division is by allowing a society's deviant behaviors, beliefs, and practices to flourish and become acceptable. It promotes the don't judge me, anything goes, and I'm a victim crowd.
Journal Notes:
NOTE 1 :: Pew Research Center. "Principles of Journalism" October 2, 2013
NOTE 2 :: Pew Research Center. "Striking the Balance, Audience Interests..." March 30, 1999
NOTE 3 :: Journalism Degree.com, "Journalism Career"
NOTE 4 :: South China Morning Post. "Chinese Journalist Required To Pass Ideology Exam..." December 19, 2013
NOTE 5 :: History Learning Site. "Karl Marx"
NOTE 6 :: John F Wasik. "The Biggest Financial Asset in Your Portfolio Is You" New York Times. February 11, 2013.
NOTE 7 :: James Walsh. "FBI Keeps Tabs on TEA Parties" Newsmax.com. May 21, 2009.
NOTE 8 :: Federal Reserve. "What is the purpose of the Federal Reserve System." Last updated February 4, 2014.
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