Subject: Postmodernism and journalism
Content: We are in the grip of postmodern thinking. This branch of philosophy has a two centuries old history we need not get into now, but know that it surged specifically after WWII, and more particularly during the 1960s counter-cultural revolution. At the moment it is again on the rise. In some professions it is more pronounced than in others; since the aim of the movement is a political one, we see it accumulated in strategic places where changes are pursued in order to subvert conventional thinking: education, all branches and levels of government, and the media, etc. Many of those professionals and workers are not even aware of the havoc they're causing, but from the level of academia and up (see Bill Ayers), there is a well laid out plan, now culminating in the election of Obama as president of the US. This may sound like a conspiracy theory, but it is much more than that. If these people sometimes sound like they are crazy, it is because they do not believe in objective truth. To them everything is relative to the individual person, who is always justified in her conviction. This means there is no objective right or wrong either (which incidentally jettisones the field of ethics). From here onward, everything shifts. Specifically in a profession as journalism, this is a problem. They are supposed to cherish objectivity as an ideal, but they do not believe it is possible. So more and more personal 'narrative' slips into mainstream. This is what we are dealing with all over the western world. I have been studying this phenomenon for the past two years, and I think I have it mapped. For those interested, I have four chapters of a rudimentary book ready, in which it is explained in detail.
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