take a stand

I couldn't agree more with Brent Cunningham's "Take A Stand". While it is important to keep objective journalism that relates just straight facts in the mix I feel journalism should attempt to have an opinion and raise issues for the masses. In the economic crisis we are in today Americans are lost. Yes we all want it fix but are solutions being suggested, are we dissecting the solutions being presented enough. it is times like these where journalists need to step up and lead the masses to want to discuss these things. Educate them on the issues and lead them to make a choice. Journalists can't just give facts anymore. I see this especially in the case of the health care refrom. Facts aren't helping people with the matter. People are still confused and looking for an answer. Many people just I know of have even stopped reading about the reform in papers and such because they are tired of the plain facts. They know the facts but what do we do with them. It is time for journalists to raise issues to guide and lead peopple to take action.
Objective journalism wasn't always the only way in American history and it shouldn't continue to be so. In Journalism 313- American Journalism History, we are learning baout the times the newspapers helped shape America and it didn't always involve objectivity. Things like the American Revolution were started because journalists t brought up the issue of American freedom in their papers and encouraged people to fight for their freedom.
This kind of journalism is need if people want to pull together in a similiar matter and help save America from the disaster it is currently in.