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I remember the days when news broadcasts had to have a source or some kind of proof before reporting the news. What happened?

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Posted - August 14, 2018

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  • Those days are long gone. I remember when news anchors on major networks would chastise their colleagues on live television for getting the story wrong. Frank Reynolds of ABC comes to mind during the attempt on Reagan's life. News can now be described in two ways. As entertainment, or as promotion of the company's agenda.
      August 14, 2018 6:29 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    Exactly. ;)
      August 14, 2018 6:31 AM MDT
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  • 3523
    ...And hype to attract more viewers to sell more of the sponsor's products to.
      August 14, 2018 3:26 PM MDT
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  • 1502
    They became mouth pieces for the party of their choice. It’s 99% propaganda. This post was edited by Rizz at September 12, 2018 4:17 PM MDT
      August 14, 2018 6:33 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    Dont forget 99% Democratic or Liberal too.
      August 14, 2018 6:37 AM MDT
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  • 6477
    Ahem.. to be reasonable one would have to be able to be objective and realise that both sides do it..  
      August 14, 2018 9:54 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    Yes, but both sides dont own the majority of media sources, liberals do. 
      August 14, 2018 10:40 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    Fortunately, you have 3 posts on this thread.

    Prior to reading your posts, I was reminded of the 1966 movie titled  The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (and I was scared they might already be right here.)


      August 14, 2018 4:37 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    Try 10.
      August 14, 2018 5:03 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    You do realize that you have 10 of something, you---by definition---have within those 10, 1, 2, 3, and so on.

    Kind of like if you have 10 dimes, you have 10 cents, 20 cents, etc.

    But regardless, I still count 3 posts by her on this thread at the time of this answer.
      August 14, 2018 8:46 PM MDT
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  • 6098
    What happened is that TV news became big business as more and more people tuned in so to attract more and more advertising dollars they made it more like entertainment and the content became tailored to compete with non-news programming for thrills and chills and drama and emotion.  Then what happened is the network news departments became so well-funded and underwritten by advertising that they became very powerful and the networks realized they could use that power not just to report the news but to make the news.  So the news became a means of affecting and shaping public opinion. 

    "Alternate facts" exist to demonstrate to us that not everything reported on the news is in fact true or a "fact" at all but often merely a "spin" on a partial fact.  Which is a lesson we should have learned a long time ago.  But politicians were too fearful of the news media to speak out about it until President Trump - who of course is able to be much more candid and personal about his beliefs since his election owed nothing to the news media or either major political party.   Quite extraordinary really.
      August 14, 2018 6:46 AM MDT
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  • 2217
    They've muzzled investigative journalism. Much easier to regurgitate what the establishment spoon feeds them.  This post was edited by Malizz at August 14, 2018 3:29 PM MDT
      August 14, 2018 8:00 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    Its an insult to reporting and a disservice to the people who watch and believe the propaganda.
      August 14, 2018 9:06 AM MDT
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  • 6477
    And there are others who digest the opposing propaganda to the point where they cannot comprehend or see that some of what they are calling propaganda is actually the truth...  
      August 14, 2018 9:56 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    I consider news without resources, or some sort of proof like videos or legitimate sources propaganda.
      August 14, 2018 10:41 AM MDT
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  • 6477
    Well Fox, Breitbart and several others sure don't fact check.. they just spout out and the more ridiculous and unbelievable it is the more people who watch that believe it.. 
      August 14, 2018 9:52 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    I disagree. I believe they are much closer to reporting facts than other media sources like CNN , CNBC and NBC.
      August 14, 2018 10:43 AM MDT
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  • 6023
    It's called "infotainment" for a reason.
      August 14, 2018 11:37 AM MDT
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  • 369
    The whole word changed that is what happened.Neve be the same again.
      August 14, 2018 3:11 PM MDT
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  • 17364
    A credentialed news outlet can now function solely as a source of political propaganda.  Journalism 101 included a whole section on bias; "I think" has NO PLACE in a news report.   The mainstream American media could disappear today and no one would be the worse for it.  I hope that something big changes.  I realize that a big part of the problem is that all the news Americans get come from only a couple of sources.........big corporations own multiple news outlets.  That may be a good place to start change.
      August 14, 2018 3:28 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    Exactly. Good answer Thriftymaid. ;))
      August 14, 2018 3:36 PM MDT
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  • 17364
    Thanks.  
      August 14, 2018 3:53 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    have no idea
      September 12, 2018 4:08 PM MDT
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