"Gate"

Every time there is a political scandal these days, the suffix "gate" is added to whatever the issue is. If the scandal involves state troopers, its "troopergate," if it involves strippers, its "strippergate."

This, of course, is a reference to Watergate, the media title of the scandal that led to the impeachment and resignation of President Nixon. For those of you who don't know, Watergate was the name of the hotel in which rooms were broken into by people working for Nixon.

Referring to scandals as "gate" points out a major flaw in the journalism community and the society as a whole. Journalists have not broken a story this big in over 30 years. Do you not think that something bigger has happened? The journalism community today, is lazy.

Of course, its not all their fault. The general public does not care much about true investigative journalism. If the news media cannot fund these investigations, then they will not happen.

Here's a list of "gates."

Bottom Line? Journalists need to shake things up a bit and the public should let them.

Rabbit