Commentary: The unbearable smugness of the press

While I found that this commentary had some very valid points, it nevertheless infuriated me. Being smug, while distasteful, is most certainly NOT why Americans have lost faith in the media and question whatever is being "reported." The main reason (in my opinion) why Americans are moving away from the traditional media is due to the near total and complete lack of journalistic ethics. A journalist is ethically bound to observe and report. A journalist is ethically bound NOT to suppress evidence. A journalist is supposed to present both sides of an argument and allow the audience to make their own decisions, come to their own conclusions, and form opinions. One of the great challenges of a journalist is to be unbiased in their reporting. This is difficult, as being human beings we all have our own pre-conceived beliefs and bias due to our life experiences. MSM today (as a whole) most certainly does NOT follow these guidelines, or ROE if you prefer. This has been going on, to some degree, since the beginning of birth of news media. Over this past election season, the true intentions of corporate (in some cases non-US) owned media has never been more clear. The favoritism shown to HRC and the attempted assassination of DJT's character was, (again) in my own opinion, CRIMINAL and it plays a big part in the civil unrest and fear mongering that we are experiencing today.
Was there smugness? Of course there was, but it was the smugness that their deception and perversion of the facts would hold no consequence that infuriates me! This article, while stating some valid points, was nothing but yet another deception on the part of the journalist, whether he knew it or not, to divert our attention away from the big picture.
Some form of accountability on the media's part to perform their duties in an ethical manner needs to be put in place. While this could indeed be a slippery slope, it can be done. COL Mikel Burroughs