Yes. Popular journalism has never NOT been biased and at worse absolutely awful for those without power. For that reason, freedom of speech and diverse outlet

Yes. Popular journalism has never NOT been biased and at worse absolutely awful for those without power. For that reason, freedom of speech and diverse outlets are important. For whatever reason, people just don’t know much about the history of journalism. - Yellow journalism is a thing and was responsible for riots, murders and possibly a war: https://www.history.com/news/spanish-american-war-yellow-journalism-hearst-pulitzer https://www.history.com/news/spanish-american-war-yellow-jou... - The press of the US South openly advocated and encouraged lynchings: https://www.poynter.org/maligned-in-black-white/ https://www.poynter.org/maligned-in-black-white/ - The LA Times apologized for its stereotypical poor chronicling of issues facing people of color: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-27/los-angeles-times-apology-racism https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-27/los-angeles... - The Kansas City Star has apologized for its reporting of minorities: https://eji.org/news/missouri-newspaper-confronts-and-apologizes-for-its-history-of-racially-biased-reporting/ https://eji.org/news/missouri-newspaper-confronts-and-apolog...