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The New Yorker: Why is everyone mad at the mainstream media?
This is an incredibly well-written and intelligent article by Nicholas Lemann. Here are several quotes from the piece (which is too long to post even in part):"They didn't see what we were doing as materially different from local TV news—that was depressing. People don't associate investigative reporting with us, but with local news. They see what we do as no different from 'Could this pastrami sandwich kill you? Could this screen door harm your child? Tune in at ten!' They don't see any difference between an investigative reporter and a blow-dried idiot." "This is what journalists in the mainstream media are starting to worry about: what if people don't believe in us, don't want us, anymore?" I would very much like to hear what Liberalhawk and .com have to say about this article. Posted by: Secret Master 2005-02-15 |
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