Suicide Journalism Is What We Need

Dear Editor,
   I was too young to remember, or perhaps not even alive yet, but I have been told of a time when the journalists of our fine country were seen almost as a fourth branch of our government, another set of checks and balances. Talented, dedicated, and intelligent persons posed the tough questions to our leaders, refused to accept mishmash for an answer, and shed light on issues which then became political agendas. Sadly, in these days of corporate-controlled media, our news anchors come from substandard schools of acting, not schools of journalism, and allow the political climate of our country to be set in boardrooms, relayed to teleprompters, and transmitted to the brainless masses via idiot box.
   It is time for our media to reclaim its cojones. Imagine journalists willing to risk their careers to bring up dangerous issues. Imagine a news anchor replying to a politician, "I'm sorry, sir, but that reply is not in any way a legitimate answer to my question. Would you care to try again?"
   What this world needs now is suicide journalism.