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The warmongering driven by the New York Times regarding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, in particular, has led to a large number of people being blown up.
by seanclayton 6y ago
The warmongering driven by the New York Times regarding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, in particular, has led to a large number of people being blown up. Dead.
There are dead people, because the New York Times was allowed to exist.
That is not something that you should be fighting for. You are not fighting for any greater good there. You are promoting something that leads to actual, real people dying.
- r00fus 6y agoI don’t think the NYT is any bastion of the free press. They are far too corrupt. I’d be happy if both NYT and 8chan didn’t exist.
- xfitm3 6y agoThe death of the FCC fairness doctrine in 1987 effectively killed the integrity of journalism and allowed op-ed and infotainment to take place of informed and factual reporting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine I'd be happy if this was successfully reintroduced. I can't imagine why this isn't widely supported, especially by those who detest "fake news" and want misinformation to be suppressed.
- r00fus 6y agoAgreed, the death of the fairness doctrine led to shock jocks and opinion untethered from any counterpoint.
- altacc 6y agoThis is false equivalence. Whilst the media can influence people, including politicians, there is very little in common between the lead up to the Iraq war and the mass murders the parent poster is referring to.