U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests

Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by slowmovintarget on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:32PM (#25662822)

When major news outlets take orders from the DNC on what to cover and what not to, that isn't the same as having ordinary bias.

When other outlets shill for the RNC, that isn't the same as having "political tendencies."

In the past, these maneuvers would have been considered conflicts of interest and a violation journalistic ethics. Today, we don't have many practicing journalists. We have "here's a lefty and here's a righty, let's watch 'em argue on screen" passed off as news.

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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by boomboomsubban on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:57PM (#25663161)

Until the early 20th century, most newspapers were openly owned by political parties. And it was ad driven tabloids that ended that system, not strong examples of journalistic ethics. The strong connection between the two never vanished though, the media companies just got more powerful.

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