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> Newspapers are a business and have to give their customers what they want. If this is all we expect of journalism in a Democracy, then the current state of t
by heresie-dabord 2y ago
> Newspapers are a business and have to give their customers what they want.
If this is all we expect of journalism in a Democracy, then the current state of the "business" of "news" in the US should be satisfactory to all.
- lapcat 2y ago> If this is all we expect of journalism in a Democracy Straw man. I didn't say that. It's not a maximum, but it is a minimum. Newspapers require money to operate, and they're competing for attention in a capitalist economy. No attention. no money, no newspaper. In a democracy, you can't force-feed newspapers to the population. They voluntarily choose to read or not read. The "good news" is that many people in a democracy are interested in the hard truth. Nonetheless, it helps to package that along with softer marketing and entertainment.