Former Editor: Media Shouldn't Serve Both Parties, But Democracy - The Last Word - MSNBC

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Former Chicago Tribune editor Mark Jacob says Democrats and Republicans cannot be covered the same because Republicans have overwhelmed the media with corruption, creating something he calls “scandal fatigue.” Jacob, along with Columbia University journalism professor Jelani Cobb, join Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss how the media must change the way it reports on the two major political parties to best serve the public. Aired on 09/30/2021.

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1. Now there's a novel idea. I personally have grown to hate most of the media, even some on msnbc

It’s a wonder democracy has made it this far with the crap that is aired...and printed!

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3. Yellow journalism has been around for over 100 years. Don't cut your grandfather's morning ...

... paper too much slack.

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2. Good message. Tell the truth, expose the facts and let the chips fall where they may.

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4. Thar's also why it's important to check your news sources these days

Outright lying has become mainstream...

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5. I've notice a lot of RW sources being cited in OPs on DU lately. Some of them very shocking.

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6. Back on DU.2

The mods had what was called the Bad Site List. If we had any questions, we could consult that list - and obviously nothing from those bad sources was allowed to stand. I've seen this recently here as well and wish that we still had access to that list...

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7. Part of the problem is the proliferation of RW sites the last five years.

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8. Exactly.

It wasn't until the craziness of TFG that we saw obviously partisan organizations like OAN given equal time - and allowed to disrupt - White House press briefings.

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11. It's also true that the news tends to cover whatever's most outrageous

And that's why TFG got so much coverage, including his 2016 campaign which was full of lies and misconceptions - and ignored serious candidates, especially Democrats.

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12. That's because the objective has changed. It used to be about informing the public ...

... Now it's more about purely selling papers.

In some ways, it's also because of the huge amount of new from all over and everywhere. And there's so many more outlets than papers - tv, cable, internet - how many 24hr news sources we have and instant on the scene reporting. Compare that to the last battle of the War of 1812 happening several weeks after the US and GB signed the Treaty of Ghent ending that war. That battle was at New Orleans.

We are in an information avalanche every day, and the organs are all carrying, by and large, the same stories regardless of the individual takes. This invites sensation to become the attention grabber for ratings and paper sales.

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13. One thing I noticed with the advent of TFG was that we rarely heard international news anymore

We used to hear important news from all over the world, but when TFG took office, his outrageous actions and bids for attention took over the news, they actually had trouble covering it all. And I also think that speaks to your selling points - people watched and reacted to the headlines.

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14. 45 sold papers to his supporters and to his detractors. Something few do.

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9. When has Media honestly covered the Democratic Party?

They do cover 2 Partys alright, however Democrats aren't one of them.
That became clear back in 2015/16.

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10. I think this editor made a good point, they can't be covered the same way

Republicans (especially TFG and his supporters) make the headlines with their outrageous lies and ignoring norms and laws...