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"Journalism" over here seems to have died a long time ago. Most if not all of the former "quality newspapers" unfortunately seem to have devolved into what coul
by PeterStuer 7mo ago
"Journalism" over here seems to have died a long time ago. Most if not all of the former "quality newspapers" unfortunately seem to have devolved into what could be more accurately described as "pro regime activist blogs".
- hvb2 7mo agoIf by "over here" you mean the US, that sounds about right. Can be summed up succinctly into "don't bite the hand that feeds you".
- PeterStuer 7mo agoEU is actually just as bad
- hvb2 7mo agoYou want to back that up with evidence? Your defense secretary the other day said, responding to a news article he didn't like: "the sooner Ellison buys it the better" [1]. I don't think this kind of media control happens anywhere in Europe, but prove me wrong. Unless you're talking about former Soviet countries, that is part of Europe but culturally actually very different and much more aligned with Russia than all of western Europe 1: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/business/media/pete-hegseth-david-ellison-cnn.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/business/media/pete-hegse...