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NYT from 10 years ago would not have published this unsubstantiated propaganda piece. Facts are commodity in the age of search engines, and the only "value add
by writepub 7y ago
NYT from 10 years ago would not have published this unsubstantiated propaganda piece.
Facts are commodity in the age of search engines, and the only "value add" journalism brings to the table is "opinions". Even the once infallible NYT apparently cannot resist this fundamental change, and this article is one grain of sand in a barren desert of listless opining masquerading as news.
- marstall 7y agojournalists actually find + report facts, and check them. Without journalists, there would be far fewer facts! Pick up any newspaper - in every article, in every paragraph, you will most likely find a newly minted fact produced and edited by a knowledgeable professional.
- tracker1 7y agoExcept the "advocate journalist" is more about setting a narrative and using deception as necessary than getting facts straight.
- malandrew 7y agoThis. So much this. The NY Times is a shell of its former self reverse mortgaging hard-earned reputation one bad story at a time until it has burned through all of its equity. A.M. Rosenthal would be spinning in his grave right now.