02-26-2019, 09:08 AM
(02-25-2019, 10:14 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Fair enough, but I just don't see any of the newcomers aspiring to keep their views as concealed like Walter Cronkite did.
(02-25-2019, 10:33 PM)Benton Wrote: No disagreement. But, again, that's a minority of journalists.
Also, let's face it, Walt didn't have the guy on the other network saying "don't believe ol conkrite, he went to liberal arts college, so he must be a socialist!!!!"
We also just know more about the points of view of these people because of social media. That's just the nature of the beast these days. The issue is that people will take someone's personal political stance and use that against them, saying their reporting is biased. The truth is that the majority is these journalists know how to investigate and report in an unbiased manner and do so, but that's not the perception. The internet has really caused a blurring of the lines between opinion and news, whether it be thanks to Twitter or due to people not understanding the differences between news, analysis, and opinion thanks to the information illiteracy.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
