For a long time I have been bothered by the so called news reporting of television and  the internet. Also, for a long time I have avoided television news. How can a story with all its complexities be told in a sound bite? The internet is full of items which are purported to be news stories, but are in fact either outright fiction or very slanted viewpoints. I put some of the blame for this on the anonymity of the medium. I would prefer that news reporting go back to the days of the five W’s and one H: who, what, where, why and how. I do not need a reporter telling me how I should feel or think about a particular item. Give me the facts and I will make up my own mind.

Where can I find that straight forward reporting today? NPR? They are slanted, but do a better job of reporting than other sources. I have never been too excited about “The Economist,” just not my cup of tea. So, I must admit, despite what I have written in the first paragraph, that I get most of my news from the internet and also from newspapers. Newspaper reporting and the internet do not assault me like television and its hyperbole. Both newspapers and the internet allow me to pick and choose what I want to learn and their auditory onslaught is non-existent.