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> And it makes sense for the label to be applied specifically to media entities because journalists are supposed to be unbiased This has never been the case. N
by anonymouskimmer 4y ago
> And it makes sense for the label to be applied specifically to media entities because journalists are supposed to be unbiased
This has never been the case. Never. While some journalism sources operate in a facts-only manner, all journalistic sources have bias as to which stories they research. And historically, the press has been about propaganda, editorials, and selling papers at least as much as about reporting.
Labeling news organization as "government-funded" is less informative than labeling them as "propaganda" or "editorializing". The major reason to so label them is, itself, propaganda. With the second reason being a warning to the reader to practice even more diligence than normal.
- AnthonyMouse 4y ago> Labeling news organization as "government-funded" is less informative than labeling them as "propaganda" or "editorializing". By your own reasoning, those other labels would be redundant. Whereas "government-affiliated" makes the reader aware of a specific kind of bias that not all media entities are subject to.
- anonymouskimmer 4y agoIt's less helpful when those are the only news organizations that get a label. At least in the past newspapers would helpfully label themselves as the political party they supported. There's even still a Herald-Whig :) .