Hillary Clinton

jsmirman

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18. This is the consequence of the death of the media

Reply to liberal N proud (Original post)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 11:34 PM

Mar 2016

which we are all complicit in.

It's allowed internet alternatives with absolutely no standards to grow like weeds.

The sad thing is that these internet "journalists" don't know how to do journalism.

I spent a couple years in traditional media, and it makes all the difference in the world. You learn how fact checking works and why it is important. You learn to take pride in accuracy and in responsibly reporting a story.

These internet zines could be good if they had any desire and dedicated any resources to restricting their output to stories they can stand behind and stories they can justify.

(not that this is the genesis of tonight's hogwash, but it has created an overall atmosphere where facts are optional and no one "knows" the truth)

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They are already starting with the voter fraud in GDP [View all] liberal N proud Mar 2016 OP

They have to find an excuse. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #1

Don't you mean a hundred different slanders, Ag? Hortensis Mar 2016 #13

True believers often act in ways that do not make sense. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #14

Me, too. I can go days watching Hortensis Mar 2016 #15

Its a product of identity politics tymorial Mar 2016 #26

The paranoid and conspiratorial are exactly the sort drawn to him. Codeine Mar 2016 #22

Have you seen indication of that here, though? I can see that Hortensis Mar 2016 #23

I see it elsewhere on the interwebz, but not here. Codeine Mar 2016 #24

Oh, I didn't realize he did, but of course. Hortensis Mar 2016 #25

I love how MSMITH33156 Mar 2016 #2

Echo chambers... wysi Mar 2016 #4

Yup. nt OhZone Mar 2016 #7

Well put jsmirman Mar 2016 #17

It's time to call for an end to GDP! stonecutter357 Mar 2016 #3

I don't have anyone on ignore,but I trash sufrommich Mar 2016 #5

and the vast media consipiracy nt msongs Mar 2016 #6

That forum's been in my rear view for about two weeks now. charlyvi Mar 2016 #8

Oh geez....and I've already been accused of not living in the US. George II Mar 2016 #9

Any excuse will do. Thinkingabout Mar 2016 #10

Meh, ignore them UtahLib Mar 2016 #11

Kids area funny Stuckinthebush Mar 2016 #12

William Galvin, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, has said that the candidate's husband MADem Mar 2016 #16

This is the consequence of the death of the media jsmirman Mar 2016 #18

I'm with you on the media; however, there are people Hortensis Mar 2016 #19

Absolutely liberal N proud Mar 2016 #21

They are already proclaiming that tonight was a great night for them book_worm Mar 2016 #20

Time for the Wambulance. Fla Dem Mar 2016 #27