Yeah...and then you get into politics and it all flies out the window. One lie gets away and another one has to be loaded onto that to cover, and by the time it reaches newsprint there no resemblance to a fact anymore, it’s all a matter of what’s good for the goose and the party.
Once upon a time, before talking heads ruled what we see and hear, real reporters wrote in depth articles and people read them, and were able to discern fact from fiction. Now, people don’t read, they don’t even understand headlines any more, facts are what idiots with canned laughter on the soundtrack spew out into the ether.
I’m a dinosaur. I remember what newspapers were for before they became a medium to spread advertising, and that was followed by the magic of television which now literally rules the way people think, eat, sleep and vote.
The medium has made the politician into a celebrity instead of a servant.
We would get more truth and more servants if the pollies had to pay dearly for every minute they show up on the screen and poke their noses into our living rooms.
My dear FN - I do believe change is in the wind.
Once upon a time, before talking heads ruled what we see and hear, real reporters wrote in depth articles and people read them, and were able to discern fact from fiction.
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But that was back when reporters gave facts and people made up their own minds what to think about those facts. Now, in the age of “civic journalism”, the spinsters pick and choose what facts to give, how to present them, and lead the readers to the conclusion that the writers believe to be the “correct” conclusion. Used to be, we were allowed to think. Now we’re not to be trusted to think, so we’re spoon fed opinions, cherry-picked facts, and outright lies.