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In theory, they should be policing each other. The reality is, the standard for textbook definition journalism has all but disappeared. All the heavyweights (e.
by chiefalchemist 2y ago
In theory, they should be policing each other. The reality is, the standard for textbook definition journalism has all but disappeared. All the heavyweights (e.g., NYT, Fox, CNN, etc.) are overly biased, shameless, etc.
What used to be journalism (in the USA) is now mostly TMZ meets BuzzFeed.
- rbanffy 2y ago> In theory, they should be policing each other. They have no teeth. > What used to be journalism (in the USA) is now mostly TMZ meets BuzzFeed. You can't have a news organisation competing for the same attention with organisations focusing on entertainment (or hate-fuelled engagement farming) dressed up as news. This seems like a failure of the market to self-regulate.