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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
Really? Not worth refuting? The New York Times wins Pulitizers for things that they make up. Please identify a single major news organization (either print or broadcast) that hasn't been caught manufacturing facts in the past.
There's no shame in being liars. Not only are all of them liars, but all of us are too. They simply have a larger audience for their lies.
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There's a difference between lying as an aberration from institutional policy and lying as mandated by institutional policy? I've yet to see evidence that the NYT has long-running institutional-wide policies in place to make deception mandatory. Certainly, they've made mistakes, specifically, their coverage of the run up to the invasion of Iraq.
There should be shame in being liars, especially for journalists. It's silly to say that it isn't a big deal because we're all liars.