Last night, I had the honor of serving as the keynote speaker at the awards ceremony for the Center for Integrity in News Reporting. I spoke on the history and evolution of the free press since our founding as a Republic.
Founded by visionary Walter Hussman Jr., the Center is leading the fight to restore the values of neutrality and objectivity in journalism. It was an extraordinary evening, and I wanted to share just a few pictures of our beautiful Library of Congress. It remains one of our greatest jewels, and I hope that anyone who comes to Washington will come and visit.
The dazzling evening featured extraordinary journalists who won awards in a variety of categories ranging from coverage of the White House to digital news. These are dangerous times for the American press as some in “J Schools” push to drop neutrality and objectivity as touchstone principles of the press. However, these awardees show that there is still hope, a core of professional journalists who put their own views aside to report on the news fairly and accurately.
Walking out of this magnificent building, we were struck by the beauty of Washington at night.
Here are just a few pictures:
It would be great if you shared your remarks on this blog. I use your opinions and facts to inform my debates with my leftist friends.
Will you be providing your remarks on this blog?
I would say the risk is not from outside on the streets, but from inside every newsroom pushing foreign and globalist agendas. The sadness is that our state buildings now signify nothing of substance.
This event must of had every remaining neutral and objective reporter in attendance, because there was nothing reported on this that I could find. There was however wall-to-wall coverage of the Met Gala.
Being an ideologue is expensive for some. Of course, one can sit in a cardboard box on the side of the road holding a sign that says something pithy, but being active about your ideology can cost you a lot: your career, job, friends, loved ones, time, and money. Consider Michelle Obama, former First Lady, who was proud to be an American only when her husband was elected POTUS. Today, she is a broken woman, receiving therapy for her “transitioning” presumably from the experience of being First Lady to just being one of the girls (let’s hope!).
To cope with her role as First Lady and maintain her dislike for America, Michelle paid a huge price and is still paying for her food, as in the White House, as well as for many other things. Before entering the White House, the Obamas were estimated to be worth a relatively modest $1.3 million. When they left, that number had increased to about $40 million. Today, as a result of media deals and other money-making opportunities, their net worth is estimated to be more than $125 million. Private life is no picnic, for sure. Thankfully, Michelle’s Obamacare may pay the cost of her therapy.
But do not fret. Ideologues, whether journalists or politicians, are preprogrammed to vanish. As William Lewis, the British newspaperman brought in by Bezos to stop the freefall into oblivion of The Washington Post, once said to his ideologically biased staff, “People are not reading your stuff.” You see, ideologues write only for other ideologues, and they are a vanishing lot. Isn’t the invisible hand of the free market a priceless thing to watch!
Some folks can’t live unless they are in the the Spot-light. 7/24
Yes Professor, I lived in the DC area for 55+ years and can attest to the beauty of many of our public buildings and monuments there, most built prior to WWII. But it is sad that if you go out at night to observe them all lit up, as you did, you are taking your life into your hands. Almost as bad as the South Side of Chicago.