@hat 445056 wrote:
i get what you mean, they can’t really say drugs are ok or they’d have legions of protesters on their backs. i think people should just chill out though and stop telling people how to live their lives.
A lot of the young reporters want to be a bit more chilled out (especially as some might even be taking drugs) but they don’t have the power.
I’ve met a fair few reporters over the years and the BBC ones usually tend to be younger and friendlier and less judgemental – however if their bosses say “this report is biased too much towards drug users, it must be edited” they comply.
Many of them are only a bit older than you, also intelligent, good looking and ambitious, and have been to a decent University. with the intense competition for media jobs, they are not going to risk everything they have competed for to back up the lifestyles and “free expression” of drug users – often they are more likely to quit themselves if they do use (especially when they fear being dobbed in) and follow the populist consensus which still remains anti-drugs.
Consider how many young female journalists we had here over the last few months trying to get stories on mephedrone use to fill their tabloid magazines…
