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Reply #26: You really believe that?
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Sun Aug-03-03 08:47 AM
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26. You really believe that? |
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It's a shame that any station that faintly resembles fair and balanced coverage is considered "liberal." To me, news should be neither liberal or conservative. It should simply present the news and alternate viewpoints.
The revocation of the fairness doctrine and corporate media consolidation as destroyed what was once known as the Fourth Estate. There was once a time that the media served as the voice and watchdog for "we the people." They were one more check in the check and balance system conceived by our founding fathers.
There was once a time when news operations were not forced to produce a profit. Entertainment divisions picked up the slack to help provide this public service. That day is long gone. Investigative teams? Bureaus all over the world? Working on in-depth stories for months at a time? Those days are long gone, replaced by corporate news digesters who simply repackage press releases and administration bullet points.
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