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Too many big topics! But I'll take a crack a few of them...

Yup, news organizations are supposed to separate fact from opinion. Print newspapers & their online counterparts tend to reliably observe these boundaries. But some television news channels have been rather opinion heavy in recent years.

Yup, reporting of news frequently gets bent by prepackaged government pablum. But govt is not the only party with an agenda. Corporations, public advocacy organizations, non-profits, and others often shout quite loudly to push their point of view. It's up to news organizations to sort it all out, and it's never a simple job. Top that off with news organizations being imperfect in the first place. They're often trigger happy when covering a story, not adequately checking their sources, and sometimes they run sensational stories just to grab eyeballs. All that notwithstanding, print journalism in the USA is still mostly upright, while television news is wobbling, and online journalism is often completely unreliable.

There is a good thread yesterday about whether or not a 'deep state' exists in the USA. The general public likes to believe in this sort of thing (they also like flying saucers, big foot, tin foil hats, and ivermectin too). Better sources on this topic include Wikipedia, which tags the 'deep state' as a conspiracy theory. I trust Wikipedia. Most people? Probably not... They've got Facebook!

Is the US media controlled by corporate plutocrats? Not liking to admit this, but it seems that's pretty much the case. Rich billionaires control a large portion of print and televised journalism. Honest journalism pokes through most of the time, but not all of the time. The worst case of bent journalism in my opinion is that of the Murdoch media empire, which is extensive and effective at manipulating public opinion.

I think journalism in the USA is surviving well enough, despite the collapse of print media, despite corporate and plutocratic ownership, and despite the downgrading of the public mind through social media. Journalism is a well established profession, still has a code of ethics, and somehow succeeds in reporting most stories with factual accuracy.

Just my quick opinions, mostly half-baked. I ain't no expert on any of these things.


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