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> The feedback system in place in most countries seems to have been the press, but unfortunately that's mostly historical. In the past the press did a much bett

> The feedback system in place in most countries seems to have been the press, but unfortunately that's mostly historical. In the past the press did a much better job of performing their role of the 'fourth estate' I'm not sure I agree that it's worse now, but I don't have any data or research. Would you happen to know of any? I think even at its best, the press doesn't have the resources to follow up on more than a tiny minority of cases.

jacquesm 11y ago
> Would you happen to know of any? Reading the newspapers for the last 38 years or so is my source, I don't know what it is like where you live but the trend is very disturbing. It's all about 'access' and advertising money today and I'm fairly sure that it wasn't like that in the past (though for sure these are not absolutes, it is merely a trend that the reporting skews far more towards entertainment and embedded opinions than it does towards reporting the facts and letting people draw their own conclusions).