04-09-2024, 11:01 PM
(04-09-2024, 08:43 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Not going to add much to what's already been said, But I believe the competition for clicks has destroyed the media. It has gotten so bad, that many articles don't offer public response any longer. To me, that's a sure-fire sign the article was written to infuriate people and keep creating a divide, because its good business for media. Several times when I read an article, I have to research the author to find out how they lean. Usually, my instincts are correct when an article leans a certain way. Some news outlets are obvious and need no research at all. I mostly avoid those media sites.
Absolutely, although the dearth of comment section is hardly surprising. They have to be heavily moderated and generate tons of complaints. Where I completely agree is with sites that generally allow comments, but restrict them for certain topics they know aren't likely to skew the ideological way of the site. HuffPo is a great example. They tend to not allow comments on topics like transgenderism or other left leaning positions that are on the more controverisal side. In that regard you are correct.
(04-09-2024, 10:15 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I used to be a huge CNN fan, then I slowly watched them go extreme left. NPR, Politico and others also went far left. I thought I read somewhere there are only 22% conservative journalists in the US. I understand liberals love the lack of balance, but is it really good for our country?
CNN used to be the only option. I don't think they really skewed left until Trump, and I think he almost forced that on them. He attacked them so vehemently it, again, became personal and the professional detachment needed for honest journalism was eroded. It used to be that journalists leaned left and the editorial staff leaned right. That is certainly no longer the case, as the article in OP demonstrates. I believe that used to work out well for the most part, a nice yin yang relationship. For whatever reason that's no longer the case, and the profession is certainly suffering for it.
