The worst workers in America.

You may have heard my kvetching in this space about our elites being unable to perform what their jobs require of them, although they certainly keep busy pestering people about things that are none of their business. Health officials ruin health, teachers don't teach, entertainers don’t entertain, and the only thing Boeing means anymore is the sound of things popping off their aircraft. 

But by far the most unproductive members of society are journalists. Some still dig in and get the facts, but most of them just want to be editorialists, swaying public opinion by smearing enemies and disregarding unpleasant information. The bottomless failure of the current vice president being presented as endless victory and the complete lack of curiosity in mainstream reportage is astonishing. 

Since the early twentieth century, journalists have had a commie streak. Why not? Common jealousy would ensure that the bulk of readership would enjoy seeing the wealthy get tweaked. But two things have changed to make the situation far worse: 

1) Rich commies are considered "one of us" by the media, and so only to be covered favorably; and 

2) The media doesn't care what we think now. 

I've heard older people bemoan the fact that there's no Walter Cronkites anymore; Uncle Walter's reputation as a fair newsman has survived even his at best foolish (and at worst treasonous) public assessment of the failed Tet Offensive. Still, by comparison to today's reporters, who ought to be demanding Kamala Harris answer serious questions about policy for her campaign but just play songs of love like the freaking Mambo Kings, Walt was a fair newsman. 

The massive failure of our current crop of top dogs is an insult to dogs, and I can only hope that someone in the left end of the media (95% of them) will be embarrassed enough to demand Harris have a real press conference. In the old days, even reporters who were playing for a team would not want to be caught looking biased. I'm not sure you can shame the current useless crop any more than you could shame cheerleaders for rooting for their team. They're too corrupt or too dumb to care.