SPORTS JOURNALISM VS LITERARY JOURNALISM
Sports journalists have finally gotten around to investigating a couple sports stories, in the case of Lance Armstrong and Manti Te’o. Reporters had to be dragged to the truth kicking and screaming. But they got there.
What about literary journalists? When it comes to literary cover ups, haven’t lit reporters been MIA?
In the short time the Underground Literary Alliance was most active, from 2001 to 2007, we covered a number of scandalous happenings in the literary scene. The reaction? Cover ups and enmity.
Today, writers acting in the role or position of journalists are more interested in crafting gushy puff pieces than breaking or covering an actual story. Document the truth for the likes of Garth Hallberg, Maria Bustillos, Johannes Lichtman, Katie Ryder, et.al., and they refuse to look at it. “We don’t want to know!” they scream.
And so they’re able to applaud a dishonest essay by a dishonest writer. Despite available evidence.
These “journalists” apparently also believe in the Easter Bunny.
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