That's an awfully nihilistic view. History is replete with examples of the media shining a light on injustices and helping to bring about their resolution. Nearly every TV news program has a segment where viewers can contact them and get the media's help in resolving a problem.
That’s not what we’re talking about. This is an antagonistic govt that calls media the enemy, files lawsuits, and arrests journalists.
For the quadrillionth time, much of the mainstream media isn’t reporting. They’re glossing over. They’re burying. They’re minimizing. They pay brief attention when the worst of the worst happens with some headlines but tiptoe around calling out the lies. They’re both-sides things to an absolutely ludicrous level.
That never stopped them from taking aim over and over at the last administration. Oh my god,
Reporting factually and forcefully is doing something. No one is saying they alone will topple fascists, but they need to shine a consistent and bright light on what’s actually happening. If media had now power, dictators wouldn’t focus on silencing them (through whatever means necessary).
So….a third-world dictatorship.
Some of which were successful enough to spin-off into first-run, stand-alone syndicated series. So it became, in fact, its own genre of media.
Even in dictatorships, there are actual brave souls who give their all, sometimes in the most literal sense, to keep that light on the misdeeds, the corruption, the crime. Thankfully, they don’t take your approach of of something is slightly hard or not yielding immediate returns, to not bother doing it. That isn’t news. That isn’t journalism. It’s acting as a de facto propaganda arm of the regime. Far more comfortable for the inner circle. And how dare the people outside that circle challenge or question.
Where at any point did anyone call for a reporter to arrest the president? Nowhere. Not sure there could be a much better example of a straw man, though perhaps you’ll come up with a better one.
Since you made that up, you tell us.
Again, you invented that line. You tell us.
Is your definition of making a difference the utterly false premise you tried to pretend someone else said?
Pack it all up and go home. Journalism has no purpose.
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The reason is to spend more time with his kids. After reading about this in Variety, my feeling is the new boss played a part in his leaving.Anderson Cooper to Leave 60 Minutes After Nearly 20 Years as Correspondent
Anderson Cooper is leaving '60 Minutes,' after nearly 20 years as a correspondent on the CBS news program, PEOPLE confirms.people.com
Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes. Note Cooper is best known for his other role at CNN.
Note Paramount and Netflix are candidates to get the WB that put Cooper in an odd situation given that CNN is with the WB. Then again leaving CBS News has to be an easy situation for him given that he also has a contract at CNN.
Just announced that science correspondent Peter Attia has resigned, due to the Epstein scandal.
Peter Attia Exits CBS News After Epstein Files Inclusion & John Oliver Criticism
His ousting comes just one month after Bari Weiss made him a contributor for the network.www.yahoo.com
He had been a controversial Bari Weiss hire.
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