> quasi-independent institution holding other powerful institutions and individuals in society in check
The sentiment among an ever growing body of people is that "independant" his has never been less true.
Big media has probably always been heavily biased but had some modicum of professionalism that helped maintain a perception of objectivity. In recent years it feels like they have crossed that line and lost the trust of the people.
An interesting question to ask is WHY has big media been more and more willing to cross that line? I think it comes down to money. Big media's bottom line has been pulled away from them over the last 10 years and so they're getting desperate; More willing than ever before to lean into click bait partisan stories that rile people up.
I agree with your observation about the growing sentiment of distrust, but not your causal claim.
There has been a well-organized and well funded campaign to get people to not trust. It started with the cigarette lobby realizing that they couldn't argue the science, but that science was hard to understand. So they spread doubt and confusion.
that strategy is now well known and practiced globally.
Fox News didn't just happen.
I know a few journalists, and many of them do take their professional ethics very seriously.
And yes, many of them are struggling. And watching others in their field able to make a living selling clickbait.
Who does the shame go to? The people who are tired of starving for upholding standards, or the people who starve them for upholding those standards?
The sentiment among an ever growing body of people is that "independant" his has never been less true.
Big media has probably always been heavily biased but had some modicum of professionalism that helped maintain a perception of objectivity. In recent years it feels like they have crossed that line and lost the trust of the people.
An interesting question to ask is WHY has big media been more and more willing to cross that line? I think it comes down to money. Big media's bottom line has been pulled away from them over the last 10 years and so they're getting desperate; More willing than ever before to lean into click bait partisan stories that rile people up.
Shame on them.