Bernie, you are right about almost everything, with a tiny exception.
No doubt, the journalism business has experienced a reverse evolution in the past decade, which has made it less reliable as a source of news.
In the past, a journalist doing a reporting piece never injected his opinion into his story. If they did, they'd been looking for another line of work, like delivering newspapers instead of writing for them.
The only thing you said I'm not sure about is that viewers don't have the right to watch a news program that they know will be favorable to their way of thinking, to their political ideologies.
Television is and always has been entertainment. I think people have the right to be entertained in the manner they choose. And if that means, to make them happy, watching Fox for a right-wing point of view, or CNN for a left-wing point of view, it might not be wise to do so, but they still have the right to choose their type of entertainment.
Bernie, you are right about almost everything, with a tiny exception.
No doubt, the journalism business has experienced a reverse evolution in the past decade, which has made it less reliable as a source of news.
In the past, a journalist doing a reporting piece never injected his opinion into his story. If they did, they'd been looking for another line of work, like delivering newspapers instead of writing for them.
The only thing you said I'm not sure about is that viewers don't have the right to watch a news program that they know will be favorable to their way of thinking, to their political ideologies.
Television is and always has been entertainment. I think people have the right to be entertained in the manner they choose. And if that means, to make them happy, watching Fox for a right-wing point of view, or CNN for a left-wing point of view, it might not be wise to do so, but they still have the right to choose their type of entertainment.
No doubt, they will not be wiser for doing so.