This is really nothing than another ideology to allow journalists to do what they’ve been doing for a few decades. They now constitute a self-serving elite and this gives them the excuse to use their opinions openly in the news pages. In a way, it may be better, because it makes the biases of the reporters more obvious.
In 2004, when I was involved in the veterans movement against Kerry, I found how how biased the media really was. And to my surprise, in communications with journalistic opinion makers, I discovered that they had not problem with that. The term “citizen journalism” is another misnomer they use – it means journalists user their positions to “improve society” – i.e. propagandize for their causes.
Like so many institutions in America, journalism has been corrupted by a combination of elitist attitudes and left-wing ideologues.
We really need a system more like England’s. Tabloids on all sides, with the biases up front and part of the brand.
In a way, the tabloid parts of Fox News and CNN Headline now operate that way.
