01-17-2017, 12:22 PM
(01-16-2017, 10:57 AM)SomeGuy Wrote:David Horn Wrote:Happy? No. Do you see another option? Reagan killed the Fair Reporting Act, so things went this way pretty fast. Balanced reporting is now gauche -- ask any successful reporter.
You get what you reward.
*shrug*
The press in this country got started as partisan organs, we somehow managed to avoid slipping into fascism or what-have-you. We can probably survive another "yellow press" a lot better than we can survive the top-down state propaganda you're apparently pining for.
I prefer an unfettered and independent press. I'm concerned that the tin-foil-hat crowd has far too much to say and far too many opportunities to say it, but the real problem lies with the basic knowledge base of the average citizen. It's easy to lie to people who have no concept of the truth.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.