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Re:US ranks last among 46 countries in trust in media by dagw on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:25AM (#27617978)
They no longer see themselves as a medium to disseminate events but rather shapers of opinions about events.

When was the golden age of journalism when this wasn't the case?

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Re:US ranks last among 46 countries in trust in media by tines on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:29AM (#27618047)
Before the Typographic Man became the Graphic Man. Daniel Boorstin talks about this very thing in The Image, which is a fascinating read.
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Re:US ranks last among 46 countries in trust in media by jmeister on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:02AM (#27618633)
Very interesting references. Thank you.
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Re:US ranks last among 46 countries in trust in media by minikites on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:40AM (#27618256)
It's always been the case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(1889)#Yellow_journa...
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Re:US ranks last among 46 countries in trust in media by mc32 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @12:26PM (#27619881)
I have a problem with the qualifier always.

There tend to be exceptions to everything. What’s important is the average or the trend.

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