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I Want To Know Where Real Journalism Has Gone

In Britain, politicians were occasionally interviewed on the street, but more often in TV studios. There seems to be a new approach, particularly over the past seven days, where television journalists stand outside politician's front doors in the morning and film them as they walk to their car. No questions are ever answered, but the footage then appears on the news anyway. Why is it in the public interest to see Jeremy Corbyn walk up his garden, then get in his car and go to work each day?

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Reality TV.... (and as someone suggested paparazzi) News casts are degenerating into a sort of Jerry Springer chaos - pandering to the lowest common denominator. Also, do you ever wonder if it is on purpose? So politicians start making a lot of noise about GUNS ... and the news is covering these outspoken agents of our civil liberties.. .meanwhile, no one was talking about the supreme course nominee and how Obama's choice was blocked. I just find it interesting- those important issues that never garner coverage. How can no one seriously think they are important? Seriously? We are going to cover you tube videos but we are going to ignore critical legislation being passed? How did that get swept under the rug, and you see it time and again. I wish I could think of a better example here but my mind is blank.