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American journalism is collapsing before our eyes

Liberals run the news media, liberals run the universities, liberals run the entertainment industry, liberals this and liberals that.
Typical right whinge whining. Liberals do, and conservatives complain about what liberals do. Same as it ever was...
 
Grand Mal said:
Liberals run the news media, liberals run the universities, liberals run the entertainment industry, liberals this and liberals that.
Typical right whinge whining. Liberals do, and conservatives complain about what liberals do. Same as it ever was...
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You are yet another person who can't seem to bring themselves to address the topic, so resort to unprovoked insults.

I can't believe that so many posters, can post so little in the way of substance.
 
Grim17 said:
You are yet another person who can't seem to bring themselves to address the topic, so resort to unprovoked insults.

I can't believe that so many posters, can post so little in the way of substance.
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There's substance in my post, you just ignore it.
 
He was a second rate business failure when he was given the "Apprentice" show, which projected him into the celebrity circuit.
 
Manc Skipper said:
He was a second rate business failure when he was given the "Apprentice" show, which projected him into the celebrity circuit.
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Trump was well known long before the "Apprentice". He was a regular on talk shows, day and late night. Don't you ever turn on your telly?
 
Grim17 said:
Michael Goodwin is a man who spent 10 years as a reporter for the NY Times, was Executive Editor of the NY Daily News and won a Pulitzer Prize as Editorial Page Editor for their successful campaign to rescue the legendary Apollo Theatre from mismanagement.


When a man with that background and experience calls the MSM out for it's blatant bias and disreguard for fairness, it means something and is difficult for anyone to ignore.





American journalism is collapsing before our eyes | New York Post

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It is true that the media (or at least a large part of it) is drawn to cheap and tawdry spectacle. And when it comes to cheap and tawdry, there is of course little to top the Donald, and so they pile in.

That's one not so admirable aspect of journalism. Good journalism however means also being the honest and informed voice that is in a position to be a counter to corruption and misdeed, and to expose criminal and anti-social elements. When reporters brought home the failed strategy of Vietnam, helped to initiate an environmental awareness, and exposed the Watergate scandal, they were doing journalism at its best. Today of course there are "media" outlets that produce titillation and partisan nonsense that is laughable in comparison.

Being politically unbiased has its limits. There is a point where bias becomes secondary to issues like basic security of the individual and community, and the preservation of core national values. If the KKK, or the American Nazi Party ran for office, media outlets would be remiss in not reporting the negative aspects of these organizations. To sit back and say, heck, they are no different than anyone else is insufficient, and is ducking responsibility.

The Donald hasn't slipped quite that far, but he has presented himself, in his own words, no one else's, as incompetent and unfit for the office he desires. So what is the media to say? Here's the good side, the Donald is against smallpox, so hey, that's pretty positive. Let's keep some balance here. Or, should it do what it (at least the remaining media outlets that still grasp some sense of professionalism) is doing, which is to report what is going on, something that could be a dire threat to everyone?

It is not as though the media has to make anything up to put the Donald in a bad light. Just reporting verbatim is damning enough. He has made a fool of himself over and over, so it is hardly fair to blame the media for his foolish image.
 
Grim17 said:
Michael Goodwin is a man who spent 10 years as a reporter for the NY Times, was Executive Editor of the NY Daily News and won a Pulitzer Prize as Editorial Page Editor for their successful campaign to rescue the legendary Apollo Theatre from mismanagement.


When a man with that background and experience calls the MSM out for it's blatant bias and disreguard for fairness, it means something and is difficult for anyone to ignore.





American journalism is collapsing before our eyes | New York Post

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Wow, he thinks the media isn't attacking Hillary ??

What the hell is that guy smoking ?
 
Grim17 said:
Nothing that has anything to do with the topic of this thread.
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It's a direct comment on the topic of this thread.
 
coldjoint said:
Trump was well known long before the "Apprentice". He was a regular on talk shows, day and late night. Don't you ever turn on your telly?
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In other words, a product of the media.
 
Grand Mal said:
In other words, a product of the media.
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A product of his own PR. The network had little to with it. He has known about media bias longer than anybody. The MSM has a fight on its hands.
 
apdst said:
Donald Trump is a product of the big government Liberals and the establishment Republicans.
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Nope.

Trump is the product of people who got severely bad educations and never got taught critical thinking skills.
 
Jetboogieman said:
Nope.

Trump is the product of people who got severely bad educations and never got taught critical thinking skills.
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You're exactly right. Those are the people who voted for Obama and are voting for Clinton
 
apdst said:
You're exactly right. Those are the people who voted for Obama and are voting for Clinton
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The same people who voted for Obama and Clinton are now voting for Trump? Sounds about right. All three are Democrats, after all.
 
Grim17 said:
Nice dodge, but this article was not an endorsement for Trump. It was a repudiation of the irrefutable liberal bias that infests the main stream news media.
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But But But Fox is leading in all the polls...................
 
Jetboogieman said:
Nope.

Trump is the product of people who got severely bad educations and never got taught critical thinking skills.
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If people used critical thinking they would be talking about real problems not what makes either side look bad. Good luck. It would also show the real Islam to people. And we all know we can't have that.
 
Jetboogieman said:
Nope.

Trump is the product of people who got severely bad educations and never got taught critical thinking skills.
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critical thinking is logic.... cannot be taught. it is inbred....education cannot teach wisdom... education is training the unwise to follow inventors.... BUT without logic they have no idea the value of what they are copying

High logical thinkers does not need to be trained.... BUT low wisdom people MUST be trained by education
 
SailaWay said:
critical thinking is logic.... cannot be taught. it is inbred....
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