Glenn Greenwald: The mainstream media has no credibility and is completely full of bunk
(NaturalNews) When I first began writing for a living, I asked my boss/mentor at the time what was the most important thing he had learned in his years as a writer and editor. His answer: "Never believe anything you read."
I knew he was being somewhat ironic, but after a while, I began to see how truly accurate his words were. As a newbie freelancer, I was often expected to write about things I knew very little about. I was required to perform a little research on the subject at hand and then expound upon the given topic as if I were an expert.
As I continued in the profession, I began to realize that most -- if not nearly all -- of what passes as "journalism" these days is basically the same thing. Most journalists rely on secondhand sources. What ends up being published is often highly suspect at best and written by someone with little or no firsthand knowledge of the subject at hand.
