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I don't know, journalism seems to have had the same problems plaguing it 200 years ago that it has today, at least according to Jefferson: https://press-pubs.u

• wombatmobile 6y ago
  Fair enough for 1807. To put that into context, Here Is a Brief History of Print Journalism in America https://www.thoughtco.com/here-is-a-brief-history-of-print-journalism-in-america-2073730 https://www.thoughtco.com/here-is-a-brief-history-of-print-j...
• DiogenesKynikos 6y ago
  > Perhaps an editor might begin a reformation in some such way as this. divide his paper into 4. chapters, heading the 1st. Truths. 2d. Probabilities. 3d. Possibilities. 4th. Lies. the 1st. chapter would be very short, as it would contain little more than authentic papers, and information from such sources as the editor would be willing to risk his own reputation for their truth. the 2d. would contain what, from a mature consideration of all circumstances, his judgment should conclude to be probably true. this however should rather contain too little than too much. the 3d. & 4th. should be professedly for those readers who would rather have lies for their money than the blank paper they would occupy.