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ReasonableToo

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58. Investigative journalist are almost extinct

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 03:19 PM

Sep 2012

I agree

I was just talking to my mom about this earlier today. It used to be that newspapers had investigative journalist and the tv news would read and expand on the well-researched newspaper reports. Then they started doing their own reporting.

Somewhere along the line both the newspapers and the news outfits stopped doing actual research and investigating. They cover press conferences and have the two-party representatives and corporate lobbyists on to push one side of various issues.

We don't hear from academics that are not on corporate payrolls or belong to partisan "think tanks"

When Mother Jones or Propublica come out with an investigative report many MSM shows dismiss the info.

Even PBS/NPR's reporting is now slanted for its sponsors: Monsanto, gas and oil, defense contractors, etc.

We need truthful, reasoned non-partison reporting!

Any show or network that has "news" in the title should have a TRUTH requirement. And should have to correct (multiple times) any falsehoods that hosts or guests say.

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Fortunately for the world, the extremists are not very bright. randome Sep 2012 #1

Perhaps, Sekhmets Daughter Sep 2012 #26

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Good Read n/t Indykatie Sep 2012 #2

The extremists who have actually grabbed control are not misguided IDemo Sep 2012 #3

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DUH Iliyah Sep 2012 #4

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I found this Daily Kos article from 2005 to be very informative... OldDem2012 Sep 2012 #7

Welcome to DU, OldDem2012. myrna minx Sep 2012 #21

thanks for the link... LittleRock Sep 2012 #25

Ha! It's a great book. Welcome to Du LittleRock. myrna minx Sep 2012 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 #33

They never gave up LiberalLovinLug Sep 2012 #49

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Smedley Butler yes and Ike's letter to his brother in 1952 --BTW welcome to DU underpants Sep 2012 #67

Here is the underlying problem Hutzpa Sep 2012 #8

Sorry, but your hard line breaks make that very difficult to read because of DU formatting. nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #12

You could be the only one having that problem Hutzpa Sep 2012 #15

Constructive criticism is often intended to be just that, daleanime Sep 2012 #17

he's not the only one Duppers Sep 2012 #20

I have the same problem. dmr Sep 2012 #24

Having the issue here as well. eqfan592 Sep 2012 #31

Sorry, but the problem is at your end on text entry Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #32

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I've tried re-aligning the post Hutzpa Sep 2012 #37

You are getting closer. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #41

His post looked fine to me. No line breaks. kurtzapril4 Sep 2012 #65

He's not the only one. WinkyDink Sep 2012 #46

No he/she is not the only one. Le Taz Hot Sep 2012 #66

Absolutely get the red out Sep 2012 #27

I'd actually given up as I thought no one can read my post Hutzpa Sep 2012 #35

FYI: He is not littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 #38

I'm not trying to pick a fight either Hutzpa Sep 2012 #40

Idiots in this thread? Really? Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #42

I've corrected that error Hutzpa Sep 2012 #44

Yes. Every post. If yours are the only ones, it isn't the rest of us "idiots." WinkyDink Sep 2012 #47

Correct, I do see them in all your posts. Solution is simple, but let us know how you enter text Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #48

Much of it stems from.... PoliticalBiker Sep 2012 #53

This. Hutzpa Sep 2012 #54

Investigative journalist are almost extinct ReasonableToo Sep 2012 #58

in my lifetime, they've been bigoted, racist, mysoginistic, homophobic, xenophobic, corporatist bigtree Sep 2012 #9

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What Mittens did with Bain really didn't take a genus or much tenacity. fasttense Sep 2012 #55

Loved Governor George? mountain grammy Sep 2012 #22

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I think several other things also played into TV news coverage of old. fasttense Sep 2012 #57

Some of the blame COULD lie with his father as well, we really know nothing benld74 Sep 2012 #43

Sorry. I ain't buying that "The true Republicans are GOOD PEOPLE!" crap. WinkyDink Sep 2012 #45

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Bother. The GOP invited them in and now someone wants to claim Solly Mack Sep 2012 #51

One of many obvious things that somehow never gets said. DirkGently Sep 2012 #60

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