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You might be shocked to learn the Earth isn't flat. Again, I'm not sure when we developed this idea that journalism is some objective source of information. It's never been that. From the beginning of journalism, journalists were about their own perspectives and designs and agendas.
Sure, by the 1980s, it was becoming more obvious that the media had axes to grind with certain views and beliefs and agendas. But according to polls, many Americans still clung to the idea that the press was a reliable source of information. By the 1990s, however, where the media lined up agenda and bias-wise was pretty clear. If Rush Limbaugh accomplished nothing else, he was able to display the press's increasingly naked partisanship on a national stage for all to see.
Now journalism is not even pretending. During the Trump years, almost every major news outlet could have printed the disclaimer 'Here to defeat Trump at all costs' under their headlines. They didn't even hide it. Nor do they report in most cases. They openly advocate.
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Daffey Thoughts: If you are shocked by Katie Couric's revelation about the Ginsberg interview
Sure, by the 1980s, it was becoming more obvious that the media had axes to grind with certain views and beliefs and agendas. But according to polls, many Americans still clung to the idea that the press was a reliable source of information. By the 1990s, however, where the media lined up agenda and bias-wise was pretty clear. If Rush Limbaugh accomplished nothing else, he was able to display the press's increasingly naked partisanship on a national stage for all to see.
Now journalism is not even pretending. During the Trump years, almost every major news outlet could have printed the disclaimer 'Here to defeat Trump at all costs' under their headlines. They didn't even hide it. Nor do they report in most cases. They openly advocate.
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Daffey Thoughts: If you are shocked by Katie Couric's revelation about the Ginsberg interview
