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Poster Name:
Correct, as usual

Poster Message:
The person who continually bashes journalism on this site is clueless about what she is talking about. Does she really think it is easy to balance other academic requirements while pulling shifts at the regional television or radio stations, being on call to show up at an accident site or in the middle of a storm at a moment's notice while thinking on your feet and reporting the news accurately and succinctly? Does she really think it's easy to report on a major sewer project or TIF district on deadline when you might not be familiar with the terms or jargon? Does she really think it's easy to edit a major 1,000 word write-thru on deadline so that it can be published minutes later online without any spelling or grammatical mistakes, and then put a headline on it with a limited character count? Journalism majors aren't producing for the school newspaper, you know. They are accurately and responsibly informing the public via TV news, radio news, multiple print platforms and more -- on deadline. And if she thinks it's so dam easy, she should try it. News gathering is more important than ever today and no one has a better background in it than a Mizzou J-School grad.