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(55,689 posts)their idea of journalism is presenting whatever republicans want to present -- no matter how obvious the lie, no matter how evil or dangerous or contrary to America's principles, laws. Or constitution -- as if it were a perfectly reasonable position worth of respect and consideration.
Then they present any contrary facts, logic, reason, sensibility, etc. as if they are merely partisan democratic opinions.
The topic chosen, the framing, the language used, the accusations, the priorities, all invariably emerged from the overtly right-wing portion of the media and then get taken seriously by the rest of the media as if these are all legitimate questions democrats "have to" respond to.
Over the course of 45 years or so, the media has abandoned any sense of the responsibility to protect democracy, truth and the people from tyranny -- the entire reason that the press is protected in the first amendment.
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