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ZenGum · 02-26-2010, 11:02 PM

Investigative journalism is very nearly dead.
Most readers want easily digestible answers so they know who to blame; doesn't matter if they're correct. Managers want profit - more stories from fewer staff - so journalists have become churnalists - recycling press releases and web stories. And that is before we even get into sinister conflict of interest/mass-manipulation/distraction issues.

Oooh look look! Brangelina may be breaking up!

Frankly, for this issue at least, I'd trust the cellar investigative team more than I'd trust even the WaPo.

02-26-2010, 11:02 PM	#91
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Investigative journalism is very nearly dead. Most readers want easily digestible answers so they know who to blame; doesn't matter if they're correct. Managers want profit - more stories from fewer staff - so journalists have become churnalists - recycling press releases and web stories. And that is before we even get into sinister conflict of interest/mass-manipulation/distraction issues. Oooh look look! Brangelina may be breaking up! Frankly, for this issue at least, I'd trust the cellar investigative team more than I'd trust even the WaPo. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.