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To be fair - the concept of 'news' as being 'impartial' is a rather modern concept. Maybe as early as 100 years ago, newspapers were just businesses, often use
by sonnyblarney 8y ago
To be fair - the concept of 'news' as being 'impartial' is a rather modern concept.
Maybe as early as 100 years ago, newspapers were just businesses, often used by their owners as propaganda vehicles for their own business interests, and to go on personal slander vendettas.
Some of the old-timey insults are pretty funny in retrospect.
But yes, the internet poses a challenge, and there are basically no unbiased sources.
- thrwaway8989 8y agoTo clarify my point, even today, most newspapers have an agenda, in fact, that’s probably a major reason for people owning anything larger than a small local paper. But. it was a pull mechanism, so the newspapers didn’t have a spigot to shove their information down the throats of everyone who walked past the news stand.