The OP touches on a very important issue and that is the decline of news reporting starting with the fact that many entering college for a degree in journalism had to enroll in remedial English first, to the lack of investigative journalist, to the fact that television employs handsome or beautiful talking heads who read what they are given, to a profession that has developed a very bitter bias and hence lacks effectiveness in clarity, honesty and facts.
the competition to provided 24/7 news and hence market share has added to dilemma. A democracy cannot survive without a press free from bias, guided by ethics and motivated to present factual stories
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