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They're buying control of narrative on issues they care about; the history of media is mostly that. Newspapers were kind of invented for that reason. Our ideas
by bluegatty 8mo ago
They're buying control of narrative on issues they care about; the history of media is mostly that. Newspapers were kind of invented for that reason. Our ideas of ethics in journalism are fairly modern.
- butterisgood 8mo agoIndeed Edgar Allan Poe had a thing or two to say about newspapers. https://poestories.com/quotes.php https://poestories.com/quotes.php (and scroll down a bit). > “We should bear in mind that, in general, it is the object of our newspapers rather to create a sensation — to make a point — than to further the cause of truth.”
- PearlRiver 8mo agoWe as citizens are supposed to keep ourselves informed and vote on things. Very few of us can fly all over the world to see things with our own two eyes so we have to outsource this fact finding. Priests, journalists, the goddamn CIA- they all have agendas.