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Does that apply to the rest of paper as well?
by trentnix 7y ago
Does that apply to the rest of paper as well?
- phnofive 7y agoTaking your question at face value, yes, and it’s true of every private news company. They are first and foremost entertainers, and even those who hold themselves out as agents of change require a large audience.
- jammygit 7y agoNot sure why the downvotes. If a news provider can’t promise to try to tell the truth in a legally binding way, but just claims to be editorializing, it’s no wonder there is so much public distrust of the news.
- buboard 7y ago> to tell the truth in a legally binding way feels like these two are mutually exclusive
- chillwaves 7y ago> If a news provider can’t promise to try to tell the truth in a legally binding way which news provider does this?
- spikels 7y agoYou see the point then...
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- ahartmetz 7y agoRead Noam Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" if you want to know what motivates media companies. (Spoiler: Advertisers first and foremost)
- horsawlarway 7y agoIt applies to nearly every organization that's been advertising itself as news for easily the last 20+ years. They are all - every last one of them - suddenly nothing but editorial opinion and entertainment as soon as they show up in a courtroom.