01-16-2017, 10:55 AM
Quote:OK, but was this reportage or analysis? The item about Reddit was in category #2 as far as I could tell. Does it need a mighty beacon or different color "ink" to stand out by category?
That was the point, it was posted in reportage, rewritten to become "analysis", and yet not moved to the commentary section where it belonged.
Quote:You seem to assume that people can assimilate the implications of simple fact if the press reports: A said this then B responded with that. If that's all that's needed, fire the press and buy digital recorders.
Yes, THAT is the function of the press. It's supposed to INFORM the public, not propagandize it. If you honestly think the role of the press in a free society is to tell people WHAT to think (in the "public interest", of course), than you might as well just nationalize all of it and call it "The Department of Truth".