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tonekat

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4. The so-called Fourth Estate

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed May 28, 2025, 12:14 PM

May 28

Looks pretty useless these days. The NYT has a Thesaurus that glows white hot in their editors' attempt to avoid words like "liar". Heck, you can't even comment on most political articles in the Times anymore.

Add the apathy of young people and things look pretty bad.

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Journalism under pressure amid fear of retribution [View all] BumRushDaShow May 28 OP

Which is funny to me as they all could just gang up and continue to hammer that guy. OldBaldy1701E May 28 #1

journalism, in it's true sense, has always been underfire and has always lived under threats of retribution. Javaman May 28 #2

And Then IF Another Democrat OhioTim May 28 #3

The so-called Fourth Estate tonekat May 28 #4