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The traditional view of the press was never based on some contrived, mathematical notion of “balance,” i.e. five paragraphs of Republicans for every five paragraphs of Democrats. The ideal instead was that we showed you everything we could see, good and bad, ugly and not, trusting that a better-informed public would make better decisions. This visi... See more
Matt Taibbi • The American Press Is Destroying Itself - Reporting by Matt Taibbi
exposed the poverty and artificiality
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The Ghosts in the Machine, by Liz Pelly
Liz Pelly • The Ghosts in the Machine, by Liz Pelly
regularly.
Ta-Nehisi Coates • Between the World and Me
The unanimity was refreshing
ZINE • Will Smith, Cultural Synchrony & A Climate Crisis
vituperation
George Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
For all our infamous failings, journalists once had some toughness to them. We were supposed to be willing to go to jail for sources we might not even like, and fly off to war zones or disaster areas without question when editors asked. It was also once considered a virtue to flout the disapproval of colleagues to fight for stories we believed in (... See more
Matt Taibbi • The American Press Is Destroying Itself - Reporting by Matt Taibbi
Mark Fisher was possibly the last of a disappearing breed: the music critic as prophet.