I am a journalist, so what?

I don't understand this awe people have with journalists.

Look here. We are humans too. We are pushing pen over paper and stringing words together to form articles all for the sake of earning a living.

There is NOTHING glamourous about being journalists. Please get rid of this stupid misconception.

What is so glamourous having to interview irritating, snobbish idiots day in day out?

What is so glamourous about having to write things that we know are not the truth but still are forced to do it due to 'control' by the powers that be?

What is so glamourous about chasing after oily, slimy, lying politicians for a story only to get pushed and told off by burly bodyguards?

Indeed, what the hell is so glamourous about having to work at odd hours, hound unwilling interviewees and produce articles on tight deadlines on a daily basis?

And I've not even started on all the backstabbing, politicking and whatnots that goes on in the editorial departments of many large media corporations.

Also, don't forget the tight leash we are placed under and the rule that we are not supposed to practice press freedom at all in this country.

We see injustices but we are not allowed to report or else risk losing our job. Then we get blamed by the people for misreporting the truth.

That's glamourous?

You try earning peanuts reporting falsehoods because it's your rice bowl and you tell me whether it's glamourous or not.