Re:It appears my Google account is slated for deletion
by dredmorbius on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @06:16AM
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I'd differ strongly with your premise. There was a golden age of journalism, though it probably peaked with Watergate. Izzy Stone has a great Day at Night interview discussing this.
The period probably began with Lippmann's Public Opinion, though it was coverage of the Second World War that probably marked the start of the true peak. By 1980, something was already decidedly off.
I'm reading Robert McChesney who does a very good job of recapping the history in Communication Revolution.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qV3gO3zxQ1g
The period probably began with Lippmann's Public Opinion, though it was coverage of the Second World War that probably marked the start of the true peak. By 1980, something was already decidedly off.
I'm reading Robert McChesney who does a very good job of recapping the history in Communication Revolution.