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erronis

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2. And we do rightly blame the news "business" for not doing their jobs correctly.

Reply to Walleye (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 12:12 PM

Dec 16

The business of selling news and making a profit for the owners underlies the problem. Cable "news" networks are a sad example.

There are good sources of news that seem to hue more closely to a good journalism model. Obviously The Guardian and ProPublica are good examples - both rely on donations for much of their operations. In Vermont VTDigger and SevenDaysVT have that same model. I'm sure there are many more locally and internationally.

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David Moats: The election and the anti-news impulse -- VTDigger [View all] erronis Dec 16 OP

Well, one reason people don't want to pay attention to the news is because it's done so poorly Walleye Dec 16 #1

And we do rightly blame the news "business" for not doing their jobs correctly. erronis Dec 16 #2