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senseandsensibility

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14. Good point

Reply to Liberal In Texas (Reply #11)

Thu Jul 31, 2025, 05:22 PM

Jul 2025

about the people who hire the reporters. I think what you are saying is that the "brass" should back them up and give them job security for doing their jobs. News directors should be independent from the corporate owners, but that is rapidly disappearing.

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WHY DO "JOURNALISTS" PUT UP WITH THIS? [View all] senseandsensibility Jul 2025 OP

At least they asked the questions. That's a step up. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2025 #1

Baby steps? senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #2

Corporate media, ABC is owned by Disney. Passages Jul 2025 #3

Access, access, access. Xavier Breath Jul 2025 #4

Access to an unbroken stream of bullshit isn't really access. Scrivener7 Jul 2025 #12

It provides the content they want to attract the eyeballs they desire. Xavier Breath Jul 2025 #16

Whereas if they ever published an actual story about what was actually going on, Scrivener7 Aug 2025 #38

Access mcar Jul 2025 #5

They definitely care more about their careers senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #6

Or about this country mcar Jul 2025 #9

Exactly! DeeDeeNY Jul 2025 #22

Remember the Robert Dziekański fiasco in Canada in 2007? PSPS Jul 2025 #7

But if they did that to trump he might not like them anymore senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #8

because the corporate owners tell them to. nt ImNotGod Jul 2025 #10

If they fight back, he might "put them in the field" like that kid on an old "Twilight Zone." Liberal In Texas Jul 2025 #11

Good point senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #14

I worked in TV news for over 30 some years. Liberal In Texas Jul 2025 #18

They're never going to get substantive responses from a fucking gaslighting clown. maxsolomon Jul 2025 #13

They need to learn from their elders senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #24

My point is that there is no unity left in WH press corp maxsolomon Jul 2025 #26

Beacuse they're not journalists. spanone Jul 2025 #15

The victims are being ignored senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #17

Maybe they're not journalists, but just self-serving attention whores? The days of Rather, Thomas and even Acosta are dem4decades Jul 2025 #19

I've heard many veteran journalists (especially print journalists) senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #30

even millionaires can be good journalists, it's these self-serving assholes that can't.. dem4decades Jul 2025 #37

This bully.... Escape Jul 2025 #20

Well, 'journalism' schools also teach public relations PghTiny Jul 2025 #21

What would you expect them to do? Oeditpus Rex Jul 2025 #23

And ... you are watching them ... why? CloudWatcher Jul 2025 #25

Yep. They get their sound bites and they're happy. johnp3907 Jul 2025 #27

You assumed I was watching them senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #28

Guilty as charged CloudWatcher Jul 2025 #31

The lying is the story. senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #32

Been wondering the same thing orangecrush Jul 2025 #29

But but but--Joe Biden is old & has cancer, & Hillary's emails! tblue37 Jul 2025 #33

Listen to Lawrence O'Donnell rants about Sneederbunk Jul 2025 #34

when will a journalist tell him pfitz59 Jul 2025 #35

The real journalists are podcasters like the crew at Meidas Touch Network, not the MSM. NoMoreRepugs Jul 2025 #36

If they don't, they're soon fired. Kid Berwyn Aug 2025 #39