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sheshe2

(94,288 posts) Mon Oct 6, 2025, 08:09 PM Oct 6

This is what real journalism should do -- hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do â€” hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2025-10-06T20:57:42.751Z

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This is what real journalism should do -- hold power to account, not capitulate to it. (Original Post) sheshe2 Oct 6 OP

The problem is much of the media is infotainment JI7 Oct 6 #1

As a J-school graduate, I can no longer watch the local news. greatauntoftriplets Oct 6 #2

JI7

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1. The problem is much of the media is infotainment

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Mon Oct 6, 2025, 08:12 PM

Oct 6

and instead of real journalists you have people that failed to make it in the entertainment business.

greatauntoftriplets

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2. As a J-school graduate, I can no longer watch the local news.

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Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:08 PM

Oct 6

There may be a tidbit of hard news in between the time wasted on infotainment. People's attention spans must be in the shitter.

Here in Chicago, there's usually a McDonald's story probably because there a big advertiser and are headquartered here. Then there's the frequent firefighters rescue cat from tree or other soft news story that doesn't belong on a half hour news broadcast. Weather and sports updates typically take up 1/3 of the entire broadcast.

It's frustrating to someone educated in hard news and analysis, revelations like The Pentagon Papers, etc. They're catering to an audience who can't process complex information.

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