Can You Trust the Press?

I have always explored the news from multiple sites. I've simply changed the mix over the years depending less on newspapers and news magazines these days. Never much trusted broadcast media

I know you pain. My wife complains that I mumble to myself while watching the evening news. I’m actually thinking about all the incorrect and not factual information they are providing people. You’re right, it is painful.

The media has always been subjective. I've looked at newspaper reporting from the 19th Century forward (keep in mind that many of the great American authors began as journalists such as Mark Twain). Almost every town had two newspapers with opposing points of view and they clashed on their opinion pages. Generally, they kept the news objective, mostly by keeping it brief. Who? What? Where? When? How? That's all you needed for a good story. The shift began in the 60's after Woodward and Bernstien became celebrities for taking down Nixon. The Internet didn't appear until the 80's. So, the narrative in this presentation seems accurate to me.