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And by what standards have you determined that these outlets are circling the drain? The work of independent journalists is more important than ever before.
by giwook 5mo ago
And by what standards have you determined that these outlets are circling the drain?
The work of independent journalists is more important than ever before.
- beej71 5mo agoMore important than ever before and less market value than ever before. :(
- monkaiju 5mo agoAre we considering the NYT and USA Today "independent journalism" still? Seems dubious...
- giwook 5mo agoI don't know about USA Today. NYT at least seems independent if left leaning. I've not seen them be unfairly biased or bend over backwards to cater to outside corporate interests just yet. They're certainly not bending the knee to the current administration. They have a robust paying subscriber base that supports them and don't have an owner whose last name rhymes with Pesos who can axe a story just because he doesn't like what it says.
- rmunn 5mo agoThat a Democrat-leaning paper would criticize Republican politicians is not surprising. A better test of independence would be whether they criticize Democratic politicians (when they do things deserving criticism, that is: I don't expect them to criticize policy positions that they agree with, but all politicians do some things, in some cases many things, deserving of criticism).
- giwook 5mo agoThe point is that they shouldn't be criticizing anyone which I think is the point of independent journalism. That they publish articles that put Republicans in an unfavorable light is I think because Republicans are doing things that put themselves in an unfavorable light. To your point, there have been at least a few articles I've seen that put Democrats in an unfavorable light as well. And for what it's worth I consume news outlets that lean both ways. What's more important to me is factual accuracy.
- awakeasleep 5mo agoIt’s kind of shocking to read what you wrote, and realize those big media brands used to be independent journalism.
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- weberer 5mo ago>The work of independent journalists is more important than ever before. Correct, and they're stealing viewers from these corporate media orgs like NYT. A lot of young people are getting their news from independent journalists on Youtube like Nick Shirley.
- tstrimple 5mo agoThis has to be a sick joke right? Nick Shirley is the farthest thing from an “independent journalist”. He’s just another right wing hack trying to stir up controversy. And it works because people who consume his content are looking for exactly what he is saying not because of any sort of truth. What else you got? Alex Jones was an independent journalist? Rush Limbaugh? Tim Poole? Crazy.