Journalistic "neutrality" was, at best, a 40 year recent aberration from the norm. Journalism has always been a partisan, muckraking business. Sorry, there were no neutral voices on the "Des Moines Democrat And Telegraph"
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Thank you for the honest engagement. Yes. This was exactly my point. Why did that aberration occur?
aug 5, 2025, 1:06 am • 1 0 • view
McCarthyism, the backlash against segregation, and Vietnam. Three back to back social crises that threatened free speech generally and put journalism as an institution on a more defensive "fuck the system no matter who's in charge" posture. That ended by 9/11 and the advent of the "access" era.
aug 5, 2025, 1:25 am • 3 0 • view
This is the least convincing retcon since Worf refused to explain Klingon foreheads.
aug 5, 2025, 1:08 am • 19 0 • view
We do not discuss it with outsiders.
aug 6, 2025, 12:00 am • 1 0 • view
Only easy to retcon my 3 word original question in your own bumpy forehead
aug 5, 2025, 1:17 am • 0 0 • view
Your original question was "Why didn't they lie?" Literally everyone's entirely justified reaction was "They did. All the time. Are you insane?" Because even in the 70s when the political landscape was so tumultuous that they couldn't afford to pick a side, they were STILL lying their asses off.
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Are "they" in the room with us now?
aug 6, 2025, 1:14 am • 0 0 • view
How the hell should I know? You think I've been tracking the day to day movements of 80 year old journalists well enough to know whether or not they're in the room with YOU? What are you, insane?
aug 6, 2025, 1:27 am • 0 0 • view