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American journalism is collapsing before our eyes

Grim17

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Michael Goodwin is a man who spent 10 years as a reporter for the NY Times, was Executive Editor of the NY Daily News and won a Pulitzer Prize as Editorial Page Editor for their successful campaign to rescue the legendary Apollo Theatre from mismanagement.


When a man with that background and experience calls the MSM out for it's blatant bias and disreguard for fairness, it means something and is difficult for anyone to ignore.



American journalism is collapsing before our eyes
By Michael Goodwin
August 21, 2016
5:40am


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The frenzy to bury Trump is not limited to the Clinton campaign and the Obama White House. They are working hand-in-hand with what was considered the cream of the nation’s news organizations.

The shameful display of naked partisanship by the elite media is unlike anything seen in modern America.

The largest broadcast networks — CBS, NBC and ABC — and major newspapers like The New York Times and Washington Post have jettisoned all pretense of fair play. Their fierce determination to keep Trump out of the Oval Office has no precedent.

Indeed, no foreign enemy, no terror group, no native criminal gang, suffers the daily beating that Trump does. The mad mullahs of Iran, who call America the Great Satan and vow to wipe Israel off the map, are treated gently by comparison.

By torching its remaining credibility in service of Clinton, the mainstream media’s reputations will likely never recover, nor will the standards. No future producer, editor, reporter or anchor can be expected to meet a test of fairness when that standard has been trashed in such willful and blatant fashion.

Liberal bias in journalism is often baked into the cake. The traditional ethos of comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable leads to demands that government solve every problem. Favoring big government, then, becomes routine among most journalists, especially young ones.

I know because I was one of them. I started at the Times while the Vietnam War and civil-rights movement raged, and was full of certainty about right and wrong.
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Grim17 said:
Michael Goodwin is a man who spent 10 years as a reporter for the NY Times, was Executive Editor of the NY Daily News and won a Pulitzer Prize as Editorial Page Editor for their successful campaign to rescue the legendary Apollo Theatre from mismanagement.


When a man with that background and experience calls the MSM out for it's blatant bias and disreguard for fairness, it means something and is difficult for anyone to ignore.





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I completely agree with this opinion. We should be incensed at the bias shown by those we consider to be our last bastion of truth. They are behaving shamelessly. We should be afraid.
 
Yes... the media is owned by the entertainment industry many times and they work together for their money interests with BIAS NEWS

a totally rigged system now in america and that also helps rig the elections as well as the educational system

Trump will be america's HERO to take down the FRAUD media
 
Grim17 said:
Michael Goodwin is a man who spent 10 years as a reporter for the NY Times, was Executive Editor of the NY Daily News and won a Pulitzer Prize as Editorial Page Editor for their successful campaign to rescue the legendary Apollo Theatre from mismanagement.


When a man with that background and experience calls the MSM out for it's blatant bias and disreguard for fairness, it means something and is difficult for anyone to ignore.





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There are going to be a lot of cocktail parties he won't be invited to anymore.:(
 
Again with the conservative victimhood complex. Preach personal responsibility, yet blame others when it's clear the reason for Trump's slide is his own ****ing mouth. No journalist is forcing him to spew the bull**** that he is, he's going out of his way to double down on lies that aren't even necessary. He was given multiple chances to modify and qualify his stance regarding "Obama is the founder of ISIS." He responds with "No, I literally meant he's the founder of ISIS." And then says the media can't take a joke when they call him out on his BS.

The media's not perfect, but it's not American journalism that's collapsing before our eyes. It's the fact that Trump has the temperament and impulse control of a five year old and repeatedly commits unforced errors like Mark Sanchez. But blaming the media for Trump's idiocy is par for the course.
 
SailaWay said:
Yes... the media is owned by the entertainment industry many times and they work together for their money interests with BIAS NEWS

a totally rigged system now in america and that also helps rig the elections as well as the educational system

Trump will be america's HERO to take down the FRAUD media
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Nice dodge, but this article was not an endorsement for Trump. It was a repudiation of the irrefutable liberal bias that infests the main stream news media.
 
StillBallin75 said:
Again with the conservative victimhood complex. Preach personal responsibility, yet blame others when it's clear the reason for Trump's slide is his own ****ing mouth. No journalist is forcing him to spew the bull**** that he is, he's going out of his way to double down on lies that aren't even necessary. He was given multiple chances to modify and qualify his stance regarding "Obama is the founder of ISIS." He responds with "No, I literally meant he's the founder of ISIS." And then says the media can't take a joke when they call him out on his BS.

The media's not perfect, but it's not American journalism that's collapsing before our eyes. It's the fact that Trump has the temperament and impulse control of a five year old and repeatedly commits unforced errors like Mark Sanchez. But blaming the media for Trump's idiocy is par for the course.
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Funny that is the first thing you say. Instant blame transfer.
 
StillBallin75 said:
Again with the conservative victimhood complex. Preach personal responsibility, yet blame others when it's clear the reason for Trump's slide is his own ****ing mouth. No journalist is forcing him to spew the bull**** that he is, he's going out of his way to double down on lies that aren't even necessary. He was given multiple chances to modify and qualify his stance regarding "Obama is the founder of ISIS." He responds with "No, I literally meant he's the founder of ISIS." And then says the media can't take a joke when they call him out on his BS.

The media's not perfect, but it's not American journalism that's collapsing before our eyes. It's the fact that Trump has the temperament and impulse control of a five year old and repeatedly commits unforced errors like Mark Sanchez. But blaming the media for Trump's idiocy is par for the course.
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So this is all nothing but a grand excuse for Trump?

Wrong... Your reply is the grand excuse to avoid facing the fact that the MSM is manipulating America with it's blatant bias, and has been doing so for decades.
 
coldjoint said:
There are going to be a lot of cocktail parties he won't be invited to anymore.:(
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That's a fact... Running as a republican transformed him from media darling to #1 on their hit list.
 
Meh.

Facts have a liberal bias.
 
Grim17 said:
Michael Goodwin is a man who spent 10 years as a reporter for the NY Times, was Executive Editor of the NY Daily News and won a Pulitzer Prize as Editorial Page Editor for their successful campaign to rescue the legendary Apollo Theatre from mismanagement.


When a man with that background and experience calls the MSM out for it's blatant bias and disreguard for fairness, it means something and is difficult for anyone to ignore.





American journalism is collapsing before our eyes | New York Post

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What do you know, a biased rant appearing in a mainstream magazine about how the media is biased.

He must have attracted some attention on DP, as there appears to be two threads on the same topic.
 
StillBallin75 said:
Again with the conservative victimhood complex. Preach personal responsibility, yet blame others when it's clear the reason for Trump's slide is his own ****ing mouth. No journalist is forcing him to spew the bull**** that he is, he's going out of his way to double down on lies that aren't even necessary. He was given multiple chances to modify and qualify his stance regarding "Obama is the founder of ISIS." He responds with "No, I literally meant he's the founder of ISIS." And then says the media can't take a joke when they call him out on his BS.

The media's not perfect, but it's not American journalism that's collapsing before our eyes. It's the fact that Trump has the temperament and impulse control of a five year old and repeatedly commits unforced errors like Mark Sanchez. But blaming the media for Trump's idiocy is par for the course.
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I agree with you in part. Based on my own journo experience and also Journo 101: Ethics, I do think that American journalism has, in part, lost its way. Some of this is due to the blurring between entertainment and "If it bleeds, it leads."

But Trump has nobody else to blame for his lack of impulse control and unforced errors. Yikes.
 
Dittohead not! said:
What do you know, a biased rant appearing in a mainstream magazine about how the media is biased.
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I've been studying and documenting the liberal bias in the main stream news media for more than 15 years, so I actually know quite a bit.


He must have attracted some attention on DP, as there appears to be two threads on the same topic.
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That often happens when someone writes an article that hits the mark as this one did.

I posted it for one reason, and one reason only. The observations he made about the bias in the main stream news media are absolutely true. It was in no way, shape, or form a political endorsement for any candidate.
 
Grim17 said:
I've been studying and documenting the liberal bias in the main stream news media for more than 15 years, so I actually know quite a bit.




That often happens when someone writes an article that hits the mark as this one did.

I posted it for one reason, and one reason only. The observations he made about the bias in the main stream news media are absolutely true. It was in no way, shape, or form a political endorsement for any candidate.
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It only seems biased from where you sit. It's called confirmation bias.
 
Manc Skipper said:
It only seems biased from where you sit. It's called confirmation bias.
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Not at all. When it comes to media bias, you won't find anyone on this forum more objective than me. I have proven that objectivity before, and am more than willing to do so again if challenged.

Liberal bias in the main stream news media isn't a matter of perspective, it's a matter of fact. The evidence is overwhelming and irrefutable.
 
Grim17 said:
Michael Goodwin is a man who spent 10 years as a reporter for the NY Times, was Executive Editor of the NY Daily News and won a Pulitzer Prize as Editorial Page Editor for their successful campaign to rescue the legendary Apollo Theatre from mismanagement.


When a man with that background and experience calls the MSM out for it's blatant bias and disreguard for fairness, it means something and is difficult for anyone to ignore.





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A couple of us have been saying this for a few years in this forum. This isn't news to some of us. Somehow you seem to have missed it while being outraged at faux news you've been addicted to on 24 hour "news" channels. The question you might want to ask yourself is what took you so feckin long? Question number two should be, how long will your enlightenment last?

You've said in the past that you were once in broadcasting. You of all people should have seen the light long before others.

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Risky Thicket said:
A couple of us have been saying this for a few years in this forum. This isn't news to some of us. Somehow you seem to have missed it while being outraged at faux news you've been addicted to on 24 hour "news" channels. The question you might want to ask yourself is what took you so feckin long? Question number two should be, how long will your enlightenment last?

You've said in the past that you were once in broadcasting. You of all people should have seen the light long before others.

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Grim17 said:
Not at all. When it comes to media bias, you won't find anyone on this forum more objective than me. I have proven that objectivity before, and am more than willing to do so again if challenged.

Liberal bias in the main stream news media isn't a matter of perspective, it's a matter of fact. The evidence is overwhelming and irrefutable.
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It's patently refutable, since RT has already done so.
 
Risky Thicket said:
A couple of us have been saying this for a few years in this forum. This isn't news to some of us. Somehow you seem to have missed it while being outraged at faux news you've been addicted to on 24 hour "news" channels. The question you might want to ask yourself is what took you so feckin long? Question number two should be, how long will your enlightenment last?

You've said in the past that you were once in broadcasting. You of all people should have seen the light long before others.

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Your comments leave me at a loss. I have been posting about the blatant bias in the main stream news media for more than 15 years, 7 of which I have done right here on this forum.

I again have to correct another blatant misrepresentation that not only you, but many others have made concerning where I obtain my news and my TV viewing habits. I do not own a TV and haven't now for a decade. I have not watched anything on the Fox News Channel since late last year, when a friend invited me over for dinner and had O'Reilly on. I do not subscribe to any internet TV services and do not live stream any broadcast or cable TV programming. When it comes to Fox News, I often find myself being put in a position on this forum, where I have to correct posters who use untruths to trash the network. You won't see me defending Fox against legitimate criticism, just the illegitimate criticism.
 
Grim17 said:
Michael Goodwin is a man who spent 10 years as a reporter for the NY Times, was Executive Editor of the NY Daily News and won a Pulitzer Prize as Editorial Page Editor for their successful campaign to rescue the legendary Apollo Theatre from mismanagement.


When a man with that background and experience calls the MSM out for it's blatant bias and disreguard for fairness, it means something and is difficult for anyone to ignore.

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One of the worst newspapers... wait you can't even call it a newspaper, complaining about journalism :lamo

This from a paper with such riveting journalistic masterpieces such as:

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Grim17 said:
Your comments leave me at a loss. I have been posting about the blatant bias in the main stream news media for more than 15 years, 7 of which I have done right here on this forum.

I again have to correct another blatant misrepresentation that not only you, but many others have made concerning where I obtain my news and my TV viewing habits. I do not own a TV and haven't now for a decade. I have not watched anything on the Fox News Channel since late last year, when a friend invited me over for dinner and had O'Reilly on. I do not subscribe to any internet TV services and do not live stream any broadcast or cable TV programming. When it comes to Fox News, I often find myself being put in a position on this forum, where I have to correct posters who use untruths to trash the network. You won't see me defending Fox against legitimate criticism, just the illegitimate criticism.
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In the court of public opinion you are sucking hind teat.

Lying to yourself doesn't make it true.
 
Manc Skipper said:
It's patently refutable, since RT has already done so.
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Unlike you, I don't rely the media to determine my views on media bias. I take the time to study it myself and form my own views and opinions.

I look at the evidence compiled by folks on both the left and right, evaluate that evidence, and it leads me to the only reasonable conclusion available.
 
Jetboogieman said:
One of the worst newspapers... wait you can't even call it a newspaper, complaining about journalism :lamo

This from a paper with such riveting journalistic masterpieces such as:
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Just for a change, how about addressing the contents of the article instead of looking for a way to ignore it?
 
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