What happened to unbiased journalism?

[Poncho_NM]

Originally Posted by chattyneighbor

I remember a journalism class where the teach kept drilling in us - Facts, facts, facts.

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Jour·nal·ism
ˈjərnlˌizəm/
noun
noun: journalism

"the activity or profession of writing for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or preparing news to be broadcast."

[luzianne]

I took journalism courses too. We had to spell correctly, we had to use the CORRECT word or phrase, not something that sounds similar, we had to pronounce words correctly, including names. We had to research everything. Now whether I am reading print or online media or watching TV or listening to radio, it's half-assed. They either never learned or they don't care or they're stupid.

[RogueMom]

Originally Posted by ColoGuy

What happened to unbiased journalism?

Went virtually extinct in 2016. Most modern news is literally fake news.

And a lot of it has become just smutty click-bait. It's slanted, it's crass, and it's filled with daily depravity.

I don't have cable TV anyway, but I am "weaning" myself off of online news sources as well.

I've decided that if something happens that I need to know about, the news will find it's way to me.