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shrike3

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11. Dear, I used to work in the media. This was my job, every day. Thirty years-plus.

Reply to TheRealNorth (Reply #10)

Fri Jul 5, 2024, 05:25 PM

Jul 2024

I think I know what I'm talking about. It was indeed my job: that's why it's called news judgement. What's important. What has value. What can dramatically change the lives of thousands, millions of people. Threats are not partisan. It used to be, back in the day, that news was considered a public service. Wasn't supposed to make money. All that's changed. Probably why you think only Fox News reports "threats to the nation."

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I've long considered myself a strong proponent of the free media. And I still do. [View all] Tommy Carcetti Jul 2024 OP

They're trying to make the news. Again GPV Jul 2024 #1

They have a sacred constitutional obligation senseandsensibility Jul 2024 #2

Let's be clear... Think. Again. Jul 2024 #7

Legal and constitutional may be two different things senseandsensibility Jul 2024 #8

...and succeeding in the former for as long as we keep giving them views. Think. Again. Jul 2024 #9

I respect journalists when they cover a story, not when they try to create one out of whole cloth. sop Jul 2024 #3

It isn't the media's job.... TheRealNorth Jul 2024 #4

It is the media's job to inform the public of threats to the nation. shrike3 Jul 2024 #6

That is where you are wrong TheRealNorth Jul 2024 #10

Dear, I used to work in the media. This was my job, every day. Thirty years-plus. shrike3 Jul 2024 #11

In all fairness to the media, anciano Jul 2024 #5

News became about money. Probably right around the time of CNN and the first Gulf War. shrike3 Jul 2024 #12

Excellent points Doc Sportello Jul 2024 #13