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This brand of journalism is the new norm. The media has abdicated its responsibility of reporting truth and facts, and instead turned into the opposition party
by Simulacra 7y ago
This brand of journalism is the new norm. The media has abdicated its responsibility of reporting truth and facts, and instead turned into the opposition party to the President.
- mcphage 7y ago> instead turned into the opposition party to the President If you think the last 3 years of kid-glove reporting has been "opposition party", then an actual critical news media would blow your mind.
- Simulacra 7y agoOh it would! It would uncover all of the crimes and coverups of the democratic party. I would LOVE it if journalists acted like, you know, real journalists instead of tabloid political hacks.
- mcphage 7y agoIt would also result in headlines constantly talking about “Trump Lied About $X”, instead of “falsehood” or “baseless allegation” or whatever weasel word they pick that day to avoid saying what everybody already knows to be true. Or to put it another way: remember the Obama-era scandal of the Tan Suit? Take that level of spite, and apply it to the most incompetent toddler to ever grace the office of President. That’s what an opposition press would look like. If you have a problem with this, I really don’t think you could handle that.