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frazzled

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6. News reporting is not there to please people

Reply to empedocles (Reply #5)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 04:51 PM

Apr 2020

It’s there to report facts, neutrally.

Blogs are not news reporting outlets; nor for that matter are cable channels that toss around political stuff, whether Fox or MSNBC (or much of CNN).

I think people have forgotten what reporting is, as opposed to opinion and editorializing.

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I'm sure NYT will find a way to boths sides this. [View all] dajoki Apr 2020 OP

Yawn... brooklynite Apr 2020 #1

Thank you. mobeau69 Apr 2020 #2

republicans have been "working the ref" successfully for decades. unblock Apr 2020 #3

+1000! nt USALiberal Apr 2020 #4

I like Marcy. NYT has a national base to please. empedocles Apr 2020 #5

News reporting is not there to please people frazzled Apr 2020 #6