Two hundred forty one years ago, Dr. Joseph Warren called for an express rider named Paul Revere to travel from Boston to Lexington, Massachusetts to warn fellow revolutionaries Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to Lexington to arrest them.
The timely delivery of essential information determined the future of our nation. History repeated itself again as last-second information thwarted Benedict Arnold’s planned surrender of colonial forces at West Point, New York.
You might make the argument that it was “military intelligence” rather than news, but the founding fathers took these lessons to heart and a “free press” became one of the essentials of liberty. In the media technology contemporaneous to that time, Paul Revere might be seen as the equivalent of the “breaking news” alert we receive on today’s smart devices.
Today, it’s almost the reverse of the colonial problem. Rather than too-little information, we’re inundated with semi-filtered information. I refer to it as semi-filtered because journalism has devolved to the point that information isn’t delivered in its straight from the source form, it’s “interpreted”.
And anything that’s subject to interpretation is subject to being shaded “to fit the narrative.”
A journalism instructor once told me there are two two colors in journalism: black and white. Anything else, she said, “was a synonym for a lie.”
That’s why you want a translator not an interpreter in a serious negotiation- or a reporting situation.
There’s not much translation needed for the latest gun industry news from Tennessee these days: the Volunteer state is obviously open for new gun business.
Beretta U.S.A.’s new Gallatin, Tennessee facility (top) is a 156,000 square feet of space that reflects the cooperation of the 500-year old Italian company, the city of Gallatin and the State of Tennessee. During the festivities last Friday, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and other state leaders joined the Beretta family to officially open the facilities. Photo courtesy of Beretta U.S.A. with permission.
It’s even more open now that Beretta U.S.A. has officially opened their new Gallatin, Tennessee facilities.
“Beretta U.S.A.’s new Gallatin campus is the most recent step in our company’s development as an important research and development and manufacturing operation, not just for the U.S. market but for our customers around the world,” said Dott. Franco Gussalli Beretta, Executive Vice President of Beretta U.S.A.
Beretta began its U.S. manufacturing in 1977 in Accokeek, Maryland, and the company’s presence expanded in 1985 when it won the contract for the M9 9mm pistol for the U.S. armed forces. That work, along with other Beretta manufacturing will move to the Gallatin facility- bringing 200 new jobs to the area.
“We are very proud of Beretta U.S.A.’s continued growth in the U.S.A. and international market and we look forward to working closely with Tennessee government officials and with our new Tennessee employees as we continue our efforts in the future,” noted Cav. Ugo Gussalli Beretta, President of Beretta U.S.A.
