Journalism fails miserably at explaining what is really happening to America - eviltoast
Momentous week of GOP debate, Trump's arrest gets "horse race" coverage when the story's not about an election, but authoritarianism.

Column by Will Bunch: It details the shortcomings of the current mainstream press in regards to the rise of violent fascism in Trump’s GOP

  • ArugulaZ@kbin.social
    9·
    1 year ago

    They don’t want to offend the kill-billies who may buy their papers before going out and shooting people in a Wal-Mart. I want to offend them, though! They very much deserve it!

  • SuperDuper@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 year ago

    Too many outlets are so overzealous about appearing “neutral” that they choose not to be objective.

    • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      1·
      1 year ago

      Objectivity is overrated. “I think this is bad because of this reason. Also, here are my credentials as a scholar of the bad thing” is subjective, but a lot more informative that a dry recitations of objective facts I can’t place in a context.

  • taanegl@beehaw.org
    5·
    1 year ago

    This is what happens when you have two massive parties with two massive media empires. Consolidation, centralisation, manipulation, divide and conquer, embrace, expand, extinguish, etc.

    The system is gamed, and so is massive media. Support independent, objective journalism with no agenda.