Re:How U.S. media lost the trust of the public
by diogenescynic on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:31AM
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And anchors are glorified game show hosts. Access media journalists rarely press for answers and don’t often ask follow up questions. Journalists need to make less money and there needs to be more of them locally. The more journalists are just rich celebrities they get class solidarity with the people they should be trying to hold accountable. Their kids go to the same schools as the elite. They’re too cozy with the people who hold power.
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Re:How U.S. media lost the trust of the public
by asdfasgasdgasdg on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:43AM
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> Journalists need to make less money
It's not exactly a lucrative line of work as it stands. At the NYT, GlassDoor tells me they get paid $110k. It's a fine salary (although not quite so fine by New York standards), but that's at one of the most profitable papers in the country. The Orlando Sentinel apparently pays only around $50k.
Re:How U.S. media lost the trust of the public
by distances on Monday March 29, 2021 @04:20AM
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Is $50k then not an acceptable salary in smaller cities if that comes with benefits? That would be quite a normal engineer's salary in many Western European countries.
Re:How U.S. media lost the trust of the public
by ImprovedSilence on Monday March 29, 2021 @08:35AM
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Not at all, its well below entry level salary for an engineer, and not really a livabe income unless you rely on 2 incomes..
Re:How U.S. media lost the trust of the public
by asdfasgasdgasdg on Monday March 29, 2021 @05:26PM
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Ah, it's well above the median wage -- almost twice as high, in fact. It's not enough to live a life of extreme luxury, but to say it isn't livable is going a bit far.