Newspapers tend to be ultra-conservative and once the web rolled around you realized how sluggish newspapers are in covering any story -- something you'll read on the web will appear as filler in the local paper days later.
The tendency to parrot whatever the government lie du jour is hasn't helped matters. Especially after 9/11/01, which still stinks to high Heaven. Try telling the unvarnished truth once in a while and possibly even taking a slightly progressive or at least humanistic point of view. It's not all about money and the 1%.
When newspapers lie perpetually, people figure out they're being lied to. Mass media exists to shape public opinion. Mass media ought to provide information and allow people to make up their own minds.
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The tendency to parrot whatever the government lie du jour is hasn't helped matters. Especially after 9/11/01, which still stinks to high Heaven. Try telling the unvarnished truth once in a while and possibly even taking a slightly progressive or at least humanistic point of view. It's not all about money and the 1%.
When newspapers lie perpetually, people figure out they're being lied to. Mass media exists to shape public opinion. Mass media ought to provide information and allow people to make up their own minds.
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by Gordon Wagner.
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