When did the 5 W's get forgotten?

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4. Check out Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" --

with documented examples of how the MSM -- even the NYT -- was distorting the news much further back (the book was first published in 1988).

But in those days, at least a bit more diversity of viewpoint could be found via the many thousands of independently-owned newspapers and radio & tv stations.

Things have gotten MUCH worse since then due to the drastic consolidation of media ownership enabled by the Telecom Act of 1996. As you probably know, at least 95% of traditional media worldwide are now controlled by just 6 corporate megaconglomerates, and the internet's been extensively colonized as well.

That's why it's more important than ever to seek out reporting and analysis not only form both "sides" but perhaps even more importantly from independent journalists, many of them prize-winning (e.g., Seymour Hersh, Chris Hedges, etc.), who've been pushed out of the MSM but are still doing valuable work (Consortium News hosts a number of them, at https://consortiumnews.com ).

Manufacturing Consent:

https://www.amazon.com/Manufacturing-Consent-Political-Economy-Media/dp/0375714499?asin=0375714499&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1 .

There's also a film documentary based on the book; see https://tinyurl.com/4eskbafw .