Journalism, if it ever was a profession (which I doubt), is now but a scruffy trade. Their stock product is disinformation, produced by omission or distortion of facts.
My take is that the advent of the internet has hastened their degradation. Practically anyone can act as if they are a reporter today and produce articles for whoever cares to read them.
The money machine that was paying for newspapers and magazines is almost dead. In some countries, there are still TV and radio taxes, but those are increasingly scorned as people come to the realization that the media is riddled with its own biases.
I can't speak for others, but I find it very difficult to find out enough about any given issue to have a reasonable understanding of what is going on and why certain parties take the positions they do.
"Freedom of the Press" ? How about freedom to have a functional press that doesn't try to act as political agents ?
Cheers
My take is that the advent of the internet has hastened their degradation. Practically anyone can act as if they are a reporter today and produce articles for whoever cares to read them.
The money machine that was paying for newspapers and magazines is almost dead. In some countries, there are still TV and radio taxes, but those are increasingly scorned as people come to the realization that the media is riddled with its own biases.
I can't speak for others, but I find it very difficult to find out enough about any given issue to have a reasonable understanding of what is going on and why certain parties take the positions they do.
"Freedom of the Press" ? How about freedom to have a functional press that doesn't try to act as political agents ?
Cheers
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