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By James North
November 10, 2024

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Journalism has always been this way under capitalism. Journalists lied about Iraq. They lied about the Black Panther Party. They lied about Vietnam. The term "Yellow Journalism" came about in the 1890s to describe the inflammatory newspapers of the era.

The Edward R. Murrows and Walter Cronkites are the exception, not the rule, under capitalist news reporting because the entire industry relies on selling what sells, instead of broadcasting what informs.