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Originally Posted by Yahoshua
Ethics of journalism in the United States? We still have that antiquated thing called a journalist where we get news reports about events that occur domestically and internationally? Nah, that breed died out a long time ago.
Here we call them propagandists.
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There are some like that, to be sure. Most of the ones I have dealt with, however, really consider themselves as neutral and have a strong desire to serve the public, which makes them at least try to be honest. Sadly, with some rare exceptions (and those folks are A1 in my books), most reporters are profoundly ignorant of the real world and too many of them, at least the young ones, are utterly idealistic, which blinds them to ugly facts.
A free press is like deomocracy - the worst possible system. Except for all the others. |
