We see how false reporting can hurt individuals but also see how succesful a fake headline can be. We see how the trendy online news blogs get all the endorsements while seasoned vets must do their investigation under meager budgets. We see how people can lose their way while looking for the truth as well as people rediscovering their purpose.
Truthfully it depressed me because I think it’s true when they say that as the old news institutions die out and the faceless online gossip-type journalists take their place, there will be more and more untruthful news, more and more deception and more people following and purporting it.
It paints a pretty sad picture of the future of journalism. But at the end Matsuda is there to remind us that as long as there are people who care for each other, people who care about their town and their neighbors, there will ALWAYS be journalists and reporters out there dedicated to finding what is real and factual to inform us as diligently and cohesively as possible.
It was that final passage that gave me some well-needed optimism back!
