> Journalist's job isn't to master a field they cover (although this can help a lot), but to know what questions to ask to whom. The modern corporate journalis

> Journalist's job isn't to master a field they cover (although this can help a lot), but to know what questions to ask to whom. The modern corporate journalist's job is to know who and what to ask so propaganda can be constructed according to the wishes of the corporate-political complex. This person paid fealty to the regime, ergo the job of journalists was to pump the scam and silence questions and concerns until the ruling class is not left holding the bag. Whereas if a billionaire fails to do those things, then the job is to find negative things to print and minimize the positive. > Lack of skepticism and fact checking is, indeed, sins of the profession, but that's it. On the contrary it is the very core of the profession, and it's how it's always been. The idea of the professional journalist as an impartial and unbiased truth seeker and reporter of news is itself propaganda.