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by chucke1992 606 days ago
nobody wants independent journalism. never wanted. people want something that aligns with their point of view.

that's why streamers, podcasters and subgroups are so successful - you find like-minded folks there that agree with you. And that's why you often have forums and discord groups that literally ban people left and right.

It has always been the case.

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> nobody wants independent journalism. never wanted

This is too cynical. I know I do. I don't even mind biased analysis or perspective as I believe everyone has their perspectives grounded on certain assumptions or "biases". But it does pains me to see that journalists would rather invent hoaxes than reporting facts. It also pains me to see that all medias simultaneously use the same peculiar phases like "testy interview" or "sharp as tack", which does seem imply outside influence to the journalists.

Well yes but even in the good old days papers certainly had a colour.
> nobody wants independent journalism

I stopped reading after that. What a bizarre take