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JCanete

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6. Yes, they failed us, but they did not fail. They did exactly what they are supposed to do.

Sun Mar 26, 2017, 10:38 PM

Mar 2017

I'd love to see a reckoning, but these are just the faces on the bigger problem. We could specifically target MSNBC or CNN or FOX or right-wing radio, but they would just be replaced by something else that is shitty unless we recognize who is supplying the incentives for that shitty journalism, and denying funding towards actual investigative journalism.

Ratings is a thing, but it isn't the biggest thing. The people they hire and what they expect of them is obviously skewed towards catering to certain foregone sensibilities.

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America's for-profit media corporations catastrophically failed us [View all] sharedvalues Mar 2017 OP

Yes, they have. nt jrthin Mar 2017 #1

I would certainly support a reckoning but I have my doubts. Caliman73 Mar 2017 #2

Sadly the Reagan folks killed the majority of real media with the repeal of the fairness doctrine... Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #3

Re-enacting the fairness doctrine would be a good step forward. sharedvalues Mar 2017 #4

Agreed! Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #5

Yes, they failed us, but they did not fail. They did exactly what they are supposed to do. JCanete Mar 2017 #6

The media has been failing the public for years and years. But they are not only making money - NRaleighLiberal Mar 2017 #7

Us too! No TV is great for us. sharedvalues Mar 2017 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author sharedvalues Mar 2017 #8

big money controlling media elmac Mar 2017 #10

That sums it all up. lpbk2713 Mar 2017 #11

CNN failed zentrum Mar 2017 #12

The mistake was pecosbob Mar 2017 #13

One ongoing example of media failure is CNN's willingness to invite guests like democrank Mar 2017 #14

Derelict Media Corporations Working Against the Good of Our Nation panfluteman Mar 2017 #15

K & R LiberalLovinLug Mar 2017 #16