▲ 425 ▼ Wild Trump Rants Edited Out of 60 Minutes Interview After Shooting (newrepublic.com) submitted 4 months ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments That's crazy that even See BS News can't save him.
[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 170 points 4 months ago (1 child) All media is complicit in sane-washing this fucked up narcissist pedophile. They are all protecting him. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MJKee9@lemmy.world 48 points 4 months ago (1 child) More specifically, the billionaires controlling the "media." While a bare few legitimate media outlets still exist, the "media' the majority of the world sees is essentially edited propaganda for the billionaire class. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) there are still people following those orders. they still have some level of culpability permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MJKee9@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I think you are conflating "media" with journalists, pundits, or personalities. I'm not saying only the billionaires are culpable. Instead, I'm pointing out that "media" as an institution is a mouthpiece for billionaire propaganda, as opposed to an independent institution that has been traditionally viewed (whether accurate or not) as a purveyor of "truth." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago* Independent journalism has evolved over the centuries from pamphleteers to scandal sheets to idiot bloggers and influencers. At every stage, there has been some good journalism, but also at every stage, 90% has been crap. I'm not sure it's possible to quantify how journalistic integrity scales with the size of the organization employing them, but I sincerely doubt that there's ever been journalism at any scale that hasn't been mainly horseshit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MJKee9@lemmy.world 48 points 4 months ago (1 child) More specifically, the billionaires controlling the "media." While a bare few legitimate media outlets still exist, the "media' the majority of the world sees is essentially edited propaganda for the billionaire class. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) there are still people following those orders. they still have some level of culpability permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MJKee9@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I think you are conflating "media" with journalists, pundits, or personalities. I'm not saying only the billionaires are culpable. Instead, I'm pointing out that "media" as an institution is a mouthpiece for billionaire propaganda, as opposed to an independent institution that has been traditionally viewed (whether accurate or not) as a purveyor of "truth." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago* Independent journalism has evolved over the centuries from pamphleteers to scandal sheets to idiot bloggers and influencers. At every stage, there has been some good journalism, but also at every stage, 90% has been crap. I'm not sure it's possible to quantify how journalistic integrity scales with the size of the organization employing them, but I sincerely doubt that there's ever been journalism at any scale that hasn't been mainly horseshit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) there are still people following those orders. they still have some level of culpability permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MJKee9@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I think you are conflating "media" with journalists, pundits, or personalities. I'm not saying only the billionaires are culpable. Instead, I'm pointing out that "media" as an institution is a mouthpiece for billionaire propaganda, as opposed to an independent institution that has been traditionally viewed (whether accurate or not) as a purveyor of "truth." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago* Independent journalism has evolved over the centuries from pamphleteers to scandal sheets to idiot bloggers and influencers. At every stage, there has been some good journalism, but also at every stage, 90% has been crap. I'm not sure it's possible to quantify how journalistic integrity scales with the size of the organization employing them, but I sincerely doubt that there's ever been journalism at any scale that hasn't been mainly horseshit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MJKee9@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I think you are conflating "media" with journalists, pundits, or personalities. I'm not saying only the billionaires are culpable. Instead, I'm pointing out that "media" as an institution is a mouthpiece for billionaire propaganda, as opposed to an independent institution that has been traditionally viewed (whether accurate or not) as a purveyor of "truth." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago* Independent journalism has evolved over the centuries from pamphleteers to scandal sheets to idiot bloggers and influencers. At every stage, there has been some good journalism, but also at every stage, 90% has been crap. I'm not sure it's possible to quantify how journalistic integrity scales with the size of the organization employing them, but I sincerely doubt that there's ever been journalism at any scale that hasn't been mainly horseshit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago* Independent journalism has evolved over the centuries from pamphleteers to scandal sheets to idiot bloggers and influencers. At every stage, there has been some good journalism, but also at every stage, 90% has been crap. I'm not sure it's possible to quantify how journalistic integrity scales with the size of the organization employing them, but I sincerely doubt that there's ever been journalism at any scale that hasn't been mainly horseshit. permalink fedilink source parent