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Whisperzzzzzzz, on 06 February 2025 - 01:30 AM, said:
I've been leery of the right wing/Muskian talking point against mainstream/traditional media institutions. But, the more I see of what they choose not to cover; the spins they do put on the topics they do choose to cover; the lack of attention, depth, and repetition given to key issues/events; the lack of motivation to challenge the administration directly for fear of...something; and the overall both-sidesness...it all has me thinking that they really are shitting the bed.
Just look at Krugman's reasons for leaving the NYT (and he is hardly a "leftist") or Acosta's firing-by-any-other-name.
I went to a journalism school, and I can say clearly that objectivity and challenging the accepted narrative were both important values taught. I'm not sure where they've gone with journalistic organizations today (probably "something something financialization of everything and attention economy and advertising").
Just look at Krugman's reasons for leaving the NYT (and he is hardly a "leftist") or Acosta's firing-by-any-other-name.
I went to a journalism school, and I can say clearly that objectivity and challenging the accepted narrative were both important values taught. I'm not sure where they've gone with journalistic organizations today (probably "something something financialization of everything and attention economy and advertising").
Yep. It's so strange to be a few years removed from Trumps initial "fake news" comments and see the media outlets that benefit from his chaos for clicks and revenue just fall into a weird line behind him, so that now we sensible people finally see a revealed corporate media for what it is...and not in the same way of Trump's Fake News, but in a way that says "Hey, maybe the level of honesty here is suspect at the very least, and at worst outright spin"
Again, the best thing I saw during the protests about Gaza was a sign that read "It's not 2001 anymore, you can't lie to us"...because our sources of on-the-ground info have changed and the mainstream media outlets no longer have the only source of our info on these topics...back in 2001 it was CNN (or the equivalent) or nothing...and not only that, but the advent of the 24hr new channel meant they could PUMMELL us with the same news topics they spun out over and over and over...they can't do that now, and it feels like a much different landscape.
No one can convince me that most of the mainstream outlets don't LOVE Trump as he makes them money by being who he is....so instead of the truth, we get whatever sensationalized thing they can use to get us to click. Journalism is either dead or dying...
