Chrystal clear
Amidst all the brouhaha (and punditry) evoked by General Stanley McChrystal’s intemperate remarks to a Rolling Stone reporter, there is one thing that is crystal clear: the force of our words. For while the unfortunate incident raised questions of executive power, military authority and human hubris -- and provoked a necessary but tough response from the Commander in Chief -- it also provoked a telling look at the role of the printed word and its digital purveyors.
So much for the belief that the beleaguered news business is dead.
The week before the four-star imbroglio, six PJN staffers took home as many awards from the national American Jewish Press Association. They placed in categories from commentary to news to features to special sections with a show of solid reporting and writing, as much a validation of their skill as of the relevance of their product. And even as the AJPA meeting, which drew 85 publishers, editors and presenters to Scottsdale for the annual event, included its share of hand wringing amidst the decimated economy and diminished readers and advertisers, the importance of its work, and the commitment of its providers, resonated.
News organizations, glossy magazines and weekly newspapers alike, share a mandate to create an informed citizenry and to inspire critical thinking and conversation about a slew of issues that impact our daily lives, locally, nationally and globally. The newer platforms, from blogs to digital news feeds to social media, only reinforce (sometimes ad nauseum) the human need for news and information. Say what you will about the inappropriateness of McChrystal’s remarks -- and the judgement of the reporter and his editor in printing them -- it is the news organizations, with their eyes and ears on the world and their continuous flow of words, that work to satisfy the innately human need to know -- and keeps McChrystal on our screens, until the next newest story edges him out.
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