What's really wrong with the mainstream media

[turbinetree]

Robert Reich


I’m often asked how I keep up with the news. Obviously, I avoid the unhinged rightwing outlets pushing misinformation, disinformation and poisonous lies.

But I’ve also grown wary of the mainstream media – not because it peddles “fake news” but because of three more subtle biases.

First, it often favors the status quo. Mainstream journalists wanting to appear serious about public policy rip into progressives for the costs of their proposals, but never ask self-styled “moderates” how they plan to cope with the costs of doing nothing or doing too little about the same problems.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/09/whats-really-wrong-mainstream-media

[JohnQFunk]

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