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Re:The American Press Is Destroying Itself by ashtonkem on Saturday June 13, 2020 @05:10PM (#23512767)
The press as a high minded arbiter of truth is a relatively new concept; historically journalism has been bitterly partisan and often misleading at best. Arguably the current trend is a return to historical norms, not an aberration to be feared.
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Re:The American Press Is Destroying Itself by cplanas on Saturday June 13, 2020 @05:40PM (#23513006)
The current trend may not be an aberration, but it should be feared.
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Re:The American Press Is Destroying Itself by ashtonkem on Saturday June 13, 2020 @06:48PM (#23513505)
It should only be feared if:

1) You believe that the press did a good job during this unusual period.

2) You consider some of the sins of the past to be the fault of partisan press, at least in part.

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Re:The American Press Is Destroying Itself by Khaine on Saturday June 13, 2020 @09:07PM (#23514269)
Journalists of the past basically started the Spanish–American War
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Re:The American Press Is Destroying Itself by ashtonkem on Saturday June 13, 2020 @10:12PM (#23514564)
For sure. I wouldn’t want to go back to that specific period of journalism.
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Re:The American Press Is Destroying Itself by eli_gottlieb on Sunday June 14, 2020 @03:12PM (#23520447)
And journalism has exacerbated every single Middle Eastern or African war/armed-conflict in my lifetime.
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Re:The American Press Is Destroying Itself by ashtonkem on Sunday June 14, 2020 @04:37PM (#23521115)
Hence point #1; I think that the press has done a better job at pretend objectivity during my lifetime than it has at actually being objective.
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