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Originally Posted by alansmithee
I'm personally interested where this idea of an independant, noble press came from. At best, media outlets are platforms for personal agendas by the reporters, journalists, or editors.
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Did you bother reading this thread? For the most part, personal agendas of the journalists don't factor in. In fact, we go to extreme lengths to NOT let our personal opinions get into the story - you all know how I feel about Bush and the republicans in general, but that doesn't stop me from holding the democrats' feet to the fire if they screw something up as well.
The problem lies not with the majority of the journalists, but with the media owners.
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And I also see no problem with the gov't using said media for their purposes.
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Ahh. Then you also see no problem with the crumbling of democracy and the rise of a police state. Because that's what happens if the government gets power over what the media covers.
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If the media seeks to impose themselves as some check on gov't power,
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I object to the term "impose." We're not imposing anything. In case you've forgotten, ours is supposed to be a government which represents the people. How can the people know if the government is properly representing them if there is no group that tells the people what the government is up to.
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the gov't needs to check media power, or work to keep it in line.
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This is all well and good for you to say now, when your candidate is in power. Will you be of the same opinion when a democrat is back in office and the media is reporting on what he does wrong? I'll be interested to see if you think the democratic president should "check media power" and "keep it in line."