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Those 4 people you mentioned are political commentators not journalists- in a sense you are correct that they are sort of like politicians but they represent on
by creaghpatr 9y ago
Those 4 people you mentioned are political commentators not journalists- in a sense you are correct that they are sort of like politicians but they represent only their viewers/haters and don't vote on policy.
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- marcoperaza 9y agoYou're right. But they're the public face of whoever actually makes decisions about what is covered, how much it's covered, and how it's framed. Look at the front page of Fox or CNN: there is no real distinction between "opinion" and "news". The "news" coverage inevitably has the same framing that the commentators then run with and make explicit. Someone should be held accountable in the court of public discourse, as we have come to expect of politicians. It seems like the commentators are the ones who, at least in the presentation of the papers and networks, most "own" the coverage, and who can be the subject of public backlash.