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DirkGently

(12,151 posts)

5. Where are all the journalists?

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Sat Jul 7, 2012, 01:10 AM

Jul 2012

Last edited Sat Jul 7, 2012, 12:28 PM - Edit history (1)

The idea used to be to help the public determine who was telling the truth, not just regurgitate P.R.

"Well, it sure looks like ALEC is a corporate-backed pill mill, but hey, ALEC says otherwise. I'll guess we'll never know (shrug)."

Jesus.

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Corporate Media *Untells* the ALEC Story [View all] annabanana Jul 2012 OP

Excellent post, thank you. K&R (nt) scarletwoman Jul 2012 #1

KnR. alittlelark Jul 2012 #2

Extra! is wonderful upi402 Jul 2012 #3

"Critics complain that ALEC is a corporate-backed bill mill." Scootaloo Jul 2012 #4

+100,000! Zalatix Jul 2012 #9

Where are all the journalists? DirkGently Jul 2012 #5

They were all fired and replaced with people who would write "news" shcrane71 Jul 2012 #7

frustratin' ain't it? And it's only going annabanana Jul 2012 #8

I think the entire profession has been compromised. DirkGently Jul 2012 #11

The job of "newsreader" has been taken by the children of the 1%. annabanana Jul 2012 #17

We try... nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #10

I do. But we need large-scale journalism too. I think non-profits might be way forward. DirkGently Jul 2012 #12

Yes, but won't happen with CBS. nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #13

Sometimes local press comes through. DirkGently Jul 2012 #14

Local fox station was the best nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #15

Bump for visibility. DirkGently Jul 2012 #6

They're not alone. After Comicon I need to dig on local version nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #16