[censored] about news reporting in the media, are we? You mean we can't expect good sense and accuracy from reporters who:

- stand in flooding water to show us how deep it is, since we viewers apparently cannot appreciate standardized weight and measurement;

- walk against the wind in a hurricane, so we can see how rotund newsmen can tumble in the tumult;

- summarize Facebook and Twitter remarks in place of actual news and analysis;

- stalk celebrities so we can improve ourselves by learning about their sex habits;

- substitute yelling and verbal abuse for thoughtful analysis and discussion;

- treat us with a profound disrespect for our intelligence?

Bad TV journalism does not belong to one particular region, political leaning, or station. It is universal.

Print journalism is going downhill, too. Many journalists no longer write in paragraphs. Apparently today's readers cannot handle more than one sentence at a time.

If this keeps up, I will sell off all my survival equipment in the hope that the next emergency will mercifully and permanently put a barrier between me and this so-called civilization.

Da Bing