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How can anyone trust the media when it seems to have become a target of institutional capture for political and ideological gain? Journalism is not really journ
by throwawaysea 5y ago
How can anyone trust the media when it seems to have become a target of institutional capture for political and ideological gain? Journalism is not really journalism anymore - it's propaganda. It's duty is not to inform, but to persuade. This tendency towards advocacy journalism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advocacy_journalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advocacy_journalism) has been very apparent in the trend of newsroom revolts. See the following example stories about this phenomenon:
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-news-media-is-destroying-itself https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-news-media-is-destroying-i...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/new-york-times-washington-post-protests.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/new-york-t...
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/07/30/7-woke-rebellions-in-americas-newsrooms/ https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/07/30/7-woke-rebellions-in-...