Some comments on Mainstream Media

from HousingPANIC

Keith: I am ashamed of the American journalism profession. I'm not sure exactly when it died, but it is dead. There may be a good reporter or two out there, who wants to report the truth and who wants to dig beyond the press release, but they must be miserable today, surrounded by a ship of fools, and controlled by businessmen with an agenda.

Anonymous: Today there are only 5 Major news outlets, then there were thousands.

Anonymous: Journalism did not die. It came under new management. Small independent papers switched to multi-national corporate ownership + AP feeds supply uniform "Mcnews". Journalists are corporate employees. Write and say what they're told or fired. A trained monkey could do their job. Independence, fact-checking, verification, or questioning the status quo is NOT encouraged. In fact, it could cost your job.

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