Is this a victory for Trump’s fascism over American free press?
Both the owners of the LA Times and the Washington Post directed their paper not to endorse any Presidential candidate in this coming 2024 election. Which led to some resignations by their journalist employees.
There is speculation that these owners did this in anticipation of a potential Trump victory and neither one wants their businesses to be the target of political retribution.
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It’s kind of a victory and it’s definitely sad.
^^I think the WP paper has the words “Democracy Dies in Darkness” on its front page. Seems it is Bezos himself who also turned off one of the lights.
The good news is that this is a major story in and of itself, which helps negate the acts.
Papers should not be endorsing candidates. If they do, they’re not reliable news sources anymore. I’m under no illusion that they were anyway though.
@Blackwater_Park Newspapers have two distinct functions. One is news and the other is opinion.
I’m of the opinion that “opinion” pieces simply advertise what political spin the paper puts on the regular news.
^^Are all political editorial opinions just political spin to you?
Gosh, isn’t it a good thing that you are not held down and forced to read opinions you may get nt share! <eyeroll>
@mazingerz88 No, not all, just the bulk of them. They always seem to be politically charged but it does depend on the subject. If you want to reveal the bias of a news outlet, read the opinion columns.
^^Spin. Politically charged. Bias. The bulk but not all of them yes?
What if the LA Times and the WP editorial opinions do not fall in those categories, would you agree that their owners are wrong and their papers should endorse? Also that it
is troubling the reason behind their decisions?
^^You said papers should not be endorsing candidates. Does that also apply to editorial endorsements that are not included in that bulk of spin editorials you mentioned?
It is more a sign of the times.
Most of the world, is bracing for a possible 2nd Trump presidency.
@mazingerz88 More of a grey area IMO, but in poor taste for sure.
Gee, it could be. OR it could be that all the lying media is finally waking up to the fact that the American public is wise to their b.s. They realize Kamala isn’t gaining any ground no matter how much propaganda they spew for her because the people no longer trust the media. When the public no longer believes the media, they need to do a course correction or they end up losing so much income that they cannot survive.
The media is supposed to report the news with facts, not throw out opinion presented as facts. They are not supposed to lie, selectively edit to change meaning or content, take stuff out of context, etc. The propagandist media has done all these things for so long that their favorability and trust factor is less than that of Congress. And that is a sad statement.
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