Posted on 11/23/2018 8:40:17 AM PST by b4its2late
The greatest threat to American journalism is the take over of the media by propagandists that will not give both side of a story so the reader can make up their own mind. Media is changing and the main stream propagandists will be the losers.
There is no, and never has been, or ever will be, neutral reporting.
Few will listen...
Acosta is a DAMN RUDE and arrogant person. Nothing to do journalism.
Happy Thanksgiving bump.
5.56mm
Back at ya!
Totally agree! He’s no journalist. He’s in it for Acosta.
No "journalist" has died "in the line of duty". "Journalism" is a trade, not a duty, no matter how many noble trappings they try to bestow on it. Those forty-five died on the job.
And this is part of the problem. "Journalists" believe they are special, having special rights, above all others and the law. They espouse causes while piously claiming to be impartial.
Give me reporters practicing their trade instead of these sanctimonious "journalists" preaching their screed. The country and the world will be far better for it.
While I will agree that publications have always had bias, the modern journalist always claimed to strive for “just the facts” and to distance their writing from their own prejudgment.
As socialists consoled the publications, universities and media, reporters became leftists and to survive and advance. There is no adherence or striving for modern journalistic standards — they are now all lying propagandists.
America’s alphabet, mainstream, corporate media is not just ideologically biased. If it were merely a leftist talking shop, there would be many defections, instances where their ideology conflicts, and exceptions.
No. These are controlled, crony-capitalist, statist outlets owned and controlled to issue propaganda to shape opinion and protect the deep state.
NO different from Russia’s RT or China’s CCTV or People’s Daily.
Ironically, it’s money that destroys journalism and objectivity, and the leftists are completely in its thrall.
Who will always attract more viewers on TV or the internet:
1) an unknown writer of sober, insightful, detailed, long, complete, accurate presentations of facts and balanced analysis (notice how this detailed sentence is boring); or,
2) a celebrity talking head who spews exciting, evidence-free news-pinions, makes themselves the story (Acosta), milks tragedies and violence for hot visuals and emotional sob stories, and trivializes the news as “professional wrestling”?
In a mass entertainment culture that rewards shallowness, sensationalism will always win the most attention, which is what generates the most advertising sales, which puts the most bread on journ-o-lists’ butter.
Good article, but ...
“depriving viewers and readers of a neutral set of facts upon which to make their own decisions and opinions”
Hillary, Democrats and obviously our media are intentionally telling its viewers and readers how to think, how to decide. People today have become so ignorant and simple minded that they either willingly follow along, or have no clue they’re being led.
Journalism is not helping this, and they are only slightly to blame for it. As the populace has gotten dumber, so too have the journalists.
Boy is Mr Solomon naive. This corruption has been going on since Uncle Walter was spinning his lies in the 1960s.
Journolists toe the line because their paymasters will pull the plug on their jobs
This crap accelerated under Bill Clinton (of course) when he and congress allowed consolidation of the media.
Where can I see this list of murdered journalists?
I believe that we never had neutral reporting, but the exposure provided by the free flow of conversation on the internet has both awakened people and led them to believe this fake news agenda only began when Obama was elected.
The press is free alright, and with that freedom they have chosen a side.
Reporting true facts is racist and may cause a severe case of microaggression.
As Rush pointed out on Wednesday there have been more journalists killed in Mexico in the past year than in any country in the world.
Mexico is consistently at the top of the list of media killings and kidnappings.
Somehow this information doesn’t seem to register with, or at any rate matter to, the U.S. press.
Mehico bueno Trumpo no good-o.
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