We used to have a free press that jumped all over lies like a duck on a june bug, but that no longer applies, as reporters can no longer be independent because they work for corporations whose interests do not coincide with truth-telling.
In the new 4th estate, reporters no longer cover the news, they cozy up to their subjects so as to be part of the "in" group, and self-censor so as not to offend their parent companies.
These changes in the perception, by reporters themselves,of the function of journalism have produced (with rare and laudable exceptions) a generation of lazy reporters, producing sloppy, unresearched stories, riddled with misinformation or, when not just repeating verbatim lies from political party handouts, it produces pablum -- pap for the masses of the unwashed.
We used to have a free press that jumped all over lies like a duck on a june bug, but that no longer applies, as reporters can no longer be independent because they work for corporations whose interests do not coincide with truth-telling.
ReplyDeleteIn the new 4th estate, reporters no longer cover the news, they cozy up to their subjects so as to be part of the "in" group, and self-censor so as not to offend their parent companies.
These changes in the perception, by reporters themselves,of the function of journalism have produced (with rare and laudable exceptions) a generation of lazy reporters, producing sloppy, unresearched stories, riddled with misinformation or, when not just repeating verbatim lies from political party handouts, it produces pablum -- pap for the masses of the unwashed.
sounds like someone who still reads the herald.
ReplyDeleteYou must also bury them face down so their friends will recognize them--butt holes that they all are!
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