The press must get across to American citizens the crucial importance of this election and the dangers of a Trump win. They don’t need to surrender their journalistic independence to do so or be “in the tank” for Biden or anyone else.
It’s now clearer than ever that Trump, if elected, will use the federal government to go after his political rivals and critics, even deploying the military toward that end. His allies are hatching plans to invoke the Insurrection Act on day one.
Exactly. Back in the day, news divisions of corporations often operated at a loss because news was regarded as a public service; now they’re expected to always turn a profit.
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The Internet destroyed it. This entire thread is pure amateur hour when it comes to knowledge about the news business. US journalism has tons of problems, but they aren’t related to anything people in this thread are talking about.
From April 12, 1988:
Source: New York Times, via Internet Archive