All of http://harmful.cat-v.org/journalism/gell-mann-amnesia-effect http://harmful.cat-v.org/journalism/gell-mann-amnesia-effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

All of http://harmful.cat-v.org/journalism/gell-mann-amnesia-effect http://harmful.cat-v.org/journalism/gell-mann-amnesia-effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_season https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_season https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism represent criticisms of the seriousness or competence of journalism, in various cases going back somewhere between decades and centuries. We should probably not think that there was ever a golden age in which all journalism was sober, cautious, and informed. But it also seems like the pressures facing journalism that Maciej points to are quite real. How can we get a better historical perspective on how well different kinds of journalism have worked over time? (I guess a similar problem confronts anyone who wants to criticize -- or try to redeem -- institutions that seem to be in decline.)