Those Entrusted To Keep ALive The Vox Populi

Dr. Samuel Johnson wrote of Political Writers:
"He that shall peruse the political pamphlets of any past reign will wonder why they were so eagerly read, or so loudly praised. Many of the performances which had power to inflame factions, and fill a kingdom with confusion, have now very little effect upon a frigid critic; and the time is coming when the compositions of later hirelings shall lie equally despised. In proportion as those who write on temporary subjects are exalted above their merit at first, they are afterwards depressed below it; nor can the brightest elegance of diction, or most artful subtilty of reasoning, hope for much esteem from those whose regard is no longer quickened by curiosity or pride."
Johnson: Rambler #106 (March 23, 1751)

When we look back at the commentary on the current local, national, international political landscape during this first six months of the current administration, we shall all exclaim--"My GOd! What kool-aid were those keepers of the public's need to know drinking?" How could they squander opportunity after opportunity to pin down the "teleprompter" president? How did they lose track of their responsibility to report the truth which they so richly congratulated themselves for doing during the previous administration? Where is the Klieg light of investigative journalism shining here? On the president's tobacco habit? On the first lady's organic garden patch?

Give us back our voice! This inexplicable dumb-show of sewn-mouth marionettes must end. Report! Account for yourselves! You are the true guardians of civilization--the press corps of the free world--report! Be journalists! Report!