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when journalism is a business, stuff like this happens...

• eru 6mo ago
  They deliver what readers what.
  • account42 6mo ago
    That would imply that the readers are the customers.
    • eru 6mo ago
      They are in a business relationship. Just like Knight Rider and Matlock had to deliver enough entertainment to keep you from switching channels and instead have you watch the next beer ad.
• mhb 6mo ago
  And it's always been a business.
  • hunter67 6mo ago
    but there's also state funded journalism, so they are not forced to do whats commercially viable
    • mhb 6mo ago
      And then it's a business that is funded by political patronage.
      • hunter67 6mo ago
        okay so the police is a business too? Just like private security firms?
        • mhb 5mo ago
          The point is that, just like journalists if they are paid by the government, the police also have biases regarding which laws to enforce. I suppose you consider the BBC a shining example of unbiased reporting?