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FakeNoose

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3. When it became 24/7 info-tainment
Sun Sep 17, 2017, 02:09 PM
Sep 2017

It was right about the same time as all the reality TV shows, about 10 years ago.

What happened is that journalism stopped selling the newspapers anymore, and advertising became the king. Nowadays people are even forgetting that there ever was such a thing as good journalism.

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Uh, actually, no it doesn't.... louis-t Sep 2017 #1
That's a great quote from Murrow fayhunter Sep 2017 #2
When it became 24/7 info-tainment FakeNoose Sep 2017 #3
It might also be that fayhunter Sep 2017 #4
As Mark Twain said bondwooley Sep 2017 #5
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