Local newspapers--when they were vigilant and well-staffed--used to be the the first firewall against people who SHOULDN'T be electable or elected. Now we are left with few major statewide papers too often owned by conservative corporations. Neither the WaPo nor the NYT are what they used to be. And that goes for so many, many other small but excellent papers.
Local newspapers--when they were vigilant and well-staffed--used to be the the first firewall against people who SHOULDN'T be electable or elected. Now we are left with few major statewide papers too often owned by conservative corporations. Neither the WaPo nor the NYT are what they used to be. And that goes for so many, many other small but excellent papers.
I agree on the NYT. I've not enough history as a WaPo reader to know how good it once was.
NYT gave up on honest reporting of the campaign in 2016 when they tried to BE the campaign and acted as an arm of corporate cartels. I subscribe now to independent sources to get news and to NYT to learn what oligarchy wants us to believe about politics--rest of paper still is newsworthy. That said, independent media cannot(?) focus well on covering the numerous individual candidates and campaigns.
When mainstream media became the mouthpiece of oligarchy, we lost the real function of journalism as a watchdog of government. Now, when our federal government and administrations of two parties prosecute the whistleblowers who report war crimes and imprison their publishers, mainstream media just gives a wink and a nod, if it even gives this a mention.
Local newspapers--when they were vigilant and well-staffed--used to be the the first firewall against people who SHOULDN'T be electable or elected. Now we are left with few major statewide papers too often owned by conservative corporations. Neither the WaPo nor the NYT are what they used to be. And that goes for so many, many other small but excellent papers.
I agree on the NYT. I've not enough history as a WaPo reader to know how good it once was.
NYT gave up on honest reporting of the campaign in 2016 when they tried to BE the campaign and acted as an arm of corporate cartels. I subscribe now to independent sources to get news and to NYT to learn what oligarchy wants us to believe about politics--rest of paper still is newsworthy. That said, independent media cannot(?) focus well on covering the numerous individual candidates and campaigns.
When mainstream media became the mouthpiece of oligarchy, we lost the real function of journalism as a watchdog of government. Now, when our federal government and administrations of two parties prosecute the whistleblowers who report war crimes and imprison their publishers, mainstream media just gives a wink and a nod, if it even gives this a mention.