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Originally Posted by SeeBass
I dont know if the MSM was protecting him or the MSM has no desire to spend much money now all they put out is the exact same thing.
I believe the Enquirer said it took 2 years to finally have the goods on Edwards that is a lot of money that the MSM doesn't spend anymore.
Examples would be no investigative journalism on the so called WMDs and the Dan Rather fake letter about Bush's service record. Absolute brutal work on their part.
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There is very little true journalism, and almost no pro-active investigative journalism among major TV news organizations now. For them, it is much easier to sell opinion than information. In fact, for the 24 hour news channels, opinion-selling is a necessity: there just isn't 24 hours worth of news every day.
The dying 5th Estate in America is what is really dangerous - not so much the Glenn Becks of the world. Or, to put a different spin on it, the Glenn Becks of the world wouldn't be so dangerous if the 5th Estate still viewed itself as having some responsibility to investigate matters of importance and accurately report information to the public.
One of the biggest legacies of 9/11 (although the trend was already growing prior to this) has been the abandonment of journalistic integrity and courage.