The Richard Maass Collection, Fales Library, NYU
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What I find most intersting about this page, is that it is completely composed of letters from citizens. Most of these letters list complaints of the British soldiers and ideas of overcoming the opression they were dealing with. While I agree that through publishing, these articles do spread news to the public, I do not agree in which the manner it is done. It is the job of a journalist to report the news, not to take the publics opinion and post it as news. I will state owever, that this form of news was able to reach the public more and create pationate feelings for the happenings in their country, which is a power that nearly every journalism of today lacks.
My point in this is not only to question the validity of the journalism throughout the American Revolution, but to prove that true or false, people will believe the news that they feel is trust worthy, and perhaps more importantly, react to it. Today's journalism has lost the trust of the people. Stories in today's news typically have little to do with the government or important movements throughout the nation. Today our news sells stories that seem bias, or empty of the entire truth. My professor asked us in class, if we could name the candidates in the upcoming election. I believe 2 hands raised. This may be caused from a lack of interest, but if our journalists were doing their jobs the way that they should, by the people and for the people, and if the news or government were trusted, then people would be more aware.
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