My home country is very enthusiastic about the subject of freedom in regards to…. well, everything, really. The United States of America was built upon ideals of freedom to act, to speak, to express, to worship; however, it has become clear that freedom and tolerance are two separate things entirely.

            It seems that the biggest hurdle a serious journalist (that is, one who desires to report the unbiased truth) needs to bypass in America is that of commercialism and the ignorant citizen. The practice of purchasing an actual physical copy of a newspaper is becoming less and less prevalent in my home town of Houston and many other cities as well. Those still printing have turned to celebrity reports, expanded sports sections, and entertainment news in order to appeal to a broader pool of customers. A beautiful and insightful piece detailing horrors of the Boko Haram in Senegal may be pushed aside or to the back page to make room for yet another fluff piece about the movie The Interview that is guaranteed to get reader’s attention. Whether that is also influenced by governmental pressures or dealings, I cannot say. I can, however, say for certain that the average American’s increasingly short attention span can and has been detrimental to those wishing to report deep, insightful truths.