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Do they not see their own risk of seeing a similar scenario? Or, perhaps they have settled. Compromise?
by ddingus 7y ago
Do they not see their own risk of seeing a similar scenario?
Or, perhaps they have settled. Compromise?
- coldtea 7y agoMost modern journalists doesn't even have 1/5th the independence of 60s-70s journalists. Many don't have the real life experience and cynicism either, they content to have a subtly more nuanced version of whatever the government/mainstream says... One reason is it's more difficult to make a living if you're fired (not many press jobs anymore, whether online or print), and more easy to be branded for life as unwelcome. As for going at it on your own, e.g. as a vlogger/journalist, if you get too much on the establishment's nerves it's very easy to deplatform you, not just from e.g. youtube, but even from payment platforms for donations...