What should journalists do when the facts don’t matter?
Media historian Michael J. Socolow explores this rather bleak question for @ConversationUS. He argues that while not perfect, the American media largely did its job this year.
“Ultimately, the First Amendment protects the right of journalists to report, publish and broadcast, but it can’t force citizens to read, listen, absorb or learn. In that sense, journalism didn’t fail us – we failed journalism.”
How do you think the media performed? And tell us why in a reply.
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@[email protected] @ConversationUS The Times deep coverage of Trump could be good, but their day-to-day coverage normalized and sanewashed him. It’s the day-to-day impression that matters, not once-a-month specials.
And every article criticizing Trump had to include a trivial Harris critique for “balance.”
The press would still rather tell us what both sides say about the weather than look out the window. And their response to criticism is always, “why can’t you see what a great job we’re doing.”