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Camille Paglia Blames Dems for Destroying Journalism — ‘It Is Going to Take Decades to Recover’
Breitbart ^ | 6/21/2017 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 06/21/2017 6:37:16 AM PDT by simpson96

Tuesday on Sean Hannity’s nationally syndicated radio show, author and University of the Arts professor of humanities and media studies Camille Paglia railed against the current state of journalism in America.

Paglia called what she said the Democratic Party had done to journalism “absolutely grotesque” and warned it would take decades to recover.

“It’s obscene,” she said. “It’s outrageous, OK? It shows that the Democrats are nothing now but words and fantasy and hallucination and Hollywood. There’s no journalism left. What’s happened to The New York Times? What’s happened to the major networks? It’s an outrage.”

“I’m a professor of media studies, in addition to a professor of humanities, OK?” she continued. “And I think it’s absolutely grotesque the way my party has destroyed journalism. Right now, it is going to take decades to recover from this atrocity that’s going on where the news media have turned themselves over to the most childish fraternity, kind of buffoonish behavior.”

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KEYWORDS: camillepaglia; hannity; paglia; seanhannity
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To: simpson96
It shows that the Democrats are nothing now but words and fantasy and hallucination and Hollywood. There’s no journalism left. What’s happened to The New York Times?

The New York Times sold their soul - jumped off a cliff to oblivion - the other MSM lemmings followed them...

41 posted on 06/21/2017 7:59:18 AM PDT by GOPJ (James Hodgkinson a Bernie Sanders true believer)kicks off Resistance Summer by shooting Republicans)
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To: fuzzylogic
Since it's timely, on the general topic of media bias, and you mentioned CNN, here's a screen cap from last night after Karen Handel beat Jon Ossoff in the GA 6th Congressional District special election runoff. Tom Price, who had held that seat, is now Secretary of HHS under Trump.

The expressions are just priceless and tell the story of media bias at CNN. They all look like their favorite dog just died.


42 posted on 06/21/2017 8:01:47 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: simpson96

It all started to go bad in 92 with Clinton and CNN.
CNN promoting Perot to split the vote and get Clinton elected.
CNN then became Clinton News Network.


43 posted on 06/21/2017 8:09:31 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: InterceptPoint

Pat Caddell and Alan Dershowitz also have good moments.


44 posted on 06/21/2017 8:13:52 AM PDT by karnage
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To: simpson96
Well I agree with Prof. Paglia, where I disagree is that journalism will ever recover.

Back in 1955 at a National Journalism Convention, Edward R. Murrow gave the keynote speech on reporting and the dangers of editorializing the news, He stated reporting had to be fair and that any editorial comment must be labeled as such.

We are now at the point where no line exists and in fact reporting has little or no verification, and made up news is now prevalent to justify the agenda.

45 posted on 06/21/2017 8:14:03 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: AndyJackson

Back atcha ping!


46 posted on 06/21/2017 8:14:23 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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To: simpson96

The media can NEVER “recover” because they are 97% pro-abortion, and psychopaths cannot be honest reporters.


47 posted on 06/21/2017 8:17:38 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: combat_boots

You should have listened. She makes a lot of sense on some things. I have read several of her pieces and interviews.
Yes I don’t agree with on many things but on some things she nails it. By the way Rush even likes her.


48 posted on 06/21/2017 8:17:53 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: simpson96

I will never believe the main stream media again. Fool me once, shame on you....everyone knows the rest.

JoMa


49 posted on 06/21/2017 8:18:51 AM PDT by joma89
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To: simpson96

Journalism has devolved into Fake News. Journalists are liars...chronic liars. Pathetic.


50 posted on 06/21/2017 8:24:39 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: karnage

Pat Caddell and Alan Dershowitz also have good moments
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True. Particularly of late.


51 posted on 06/21/2017 8:27:11 AM PDT by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed. About time.)
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To: combat_boots

Yes; she is a liberal but her eyes have been opened. She may not completely realize it yet but she is coming over to our side and should be supported.


52 posted on 06/21/2017 8:34:56 AM PDT by MichaelRDanger
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To: FreedomPoster

Priceless indeed!


53 posted on 06/21/2017 8:37:50 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: N. Theknow
"Way back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and it was a somewhat reliable source, early '80's, the USA Today reported every week the ratings for TV shows and Network Evening News ratings."

I have to disagree with you, by the "early 80's" the shift to the left was virtually complete in print and broadcast media. I used to be a voracious reader of news magazines (Time, Newsweek, USN&WR) starting in college (free library access). By the mid 80's the only one with even a pretense of impartiality was USN&WR, and that one made the leftward shift at about 1985.

54 posted on 06/21/2017 8:43:25 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: InterceptPoint
Camille is the only (reasonably) sane Lefty on the planet. Always fun.

Well, one of the few, at any rate.

I most often disagree with her viewpoints, but she's an authentic voice worth listening to.

She's also scrupulously honest, from what I have seen.

55 posted on 06/21/2017 8:52:04 AM PDT by TontoKowalski (You can call me "Dick.")
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To: simpson96

Just a brilliant, brilliant woman who gets it on so many levels but is still a Democrat. She’s a joy to read but a little hard to listen to, her mind appears to race ahead of her mouth, very staccato with stops and starts, almost like stuttering but not really. She’s a joy despite her quirks and shortcomings. Always glad to hear from her.


56 posted on 06/21/2017 8:54:48 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: simpson96

Camille Paglia is the proverbial lone voice in the Dem desert. Fortunately, they won’t listen to her.

And she’s not the only one to note the destruction of “journalism”; Daniel Greenfield brilliantly points out WHY the media turned themselves into National Enquirers: it’s the only thing that will make them money!

http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/266808/big-money-behind-fake-news-daniel-greenfield


57 posted on 06/21/2017 8:57:09 AM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Maverick68

There are some still around, I could a few as personal friends. But, they’re having to go practically underground as we have if in an urban area, and it’s alienating them even further. Nothing like being treated as a pariah for logic, to open one’s eyes.


58 posted on 06/21/2017 8:59:59 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: simpson96

She’s a dying breed - a democrat of old caught in the party that has degenerated into insanity...

Listen to this video - she really spells it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDF-zPmV5KE


59 posted on 06/21/2017 9:13:28 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ( Christian is as Christian does mt-h)
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To: simpson96; All

My link won’t play the video- another link?


60 posted on 06/21/2017 9:15:11 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ( Christian is as Christian does mt-h)
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