Well, now that I've gotten that off my chest, let me
remind you that Sunday was World Press Day; coming just a few days
after an out-of-state firm closed the Morehead News (and several others)
pleading virus financial hardships. Maybe true,
but the Rowan County area will suffer until a new paper arises, as I
hope it will soon. I have been a broadcaster for over 40 years but I
started in journalism as a printer's devil, then cub reporter for a
small weekly paper and, TV to the contrary, local
print is the backbone of American journalism, and we all die a little
when one member perishes.
BTW, 49 journalists were murdered around the world
last year, and it's in their spirit we observe World Press Day this
year--and every year. Many more were harassed, persecuted and jailed
than were killed. To show you the lengths some nations
will go, take Iran. It went after a woman journalism activist for
criticizing the religious leaders there (a warning for us here) but when
the officials couldn't find her to arrest her, they jailed her
non-journalist brother instead. He's still in jail, no
charges, no bail, no trial date; but many there know his fate is but a
warning to journalists not to push their "freedom" too far.
A LIFE IS BETTER THAN A LIVELIHOOD
Canada this week banned over 100 types of assault
rifles. Its prime minister said these weapons had one purpose, "to kill
as many people as quickly as possible." One massacre in Nova Scotia of
20 plus was all it took for Canada to act. The
US has had how many Nova Scotias so far?? Canada, whose history of
exploration and fur trapping parallels our own doesn't have a Second
Amendment to be misinterpreted by a Supreme Court or an NRA, so the PM
could do this. When will we learn?
A LIFE IS BETTER THAN A LIVELIHOOD
And many lives are being taken in understaffed,
unprepared, under-regulated and under-inspected state nursing homes.
Federal stats showed 30% or more of Kentucky nursing homes did NOT meet
US standards, and that was before Wuhan. Their lobby
has kept Frankfort from imposing decent standards and inspecting them
properly, so now your relatives and friends may die, needlessly. A
former UK journalist , Bernie Vonderheide, tried to get proper rules to
be followed by the homes., but his years of work
were largely in vain. Bernie, they should have listened to you more. We
all should have.
A LIFE IS BETTER THAN A LIVELIHOOD
I'm just sayin'...
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