Originally posted by Dan Nixon:
For me its kind of the next level of concern...beyond political or other "bias" and actually thinking that media could actually be DRIVING/Causing key world events to a moderate or great degree that one would not expect...VERY creepy!
<<< (Former newspaper man. Father was a newspaper publisher. Two uncles and two cousins were/are newspaper publishers/ men)
You're getting too close to one of the "free press" dirty little secrets. Remember, you must never get into a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.
Example of how the press can twist things to influence public opinion: GWs college records = he was an idiot. JKs records from the same college, similar grades = he's an intellectual & far beyond the average person & too nuanced to be easily understood by us mere peasants. Even now after the full story has come to light, who regards GW & JK as near equalls that the record shows them to be. The impression lingers. Damage is done.
Back away or ... write a book. A potential best seller if approached & written properly.
<<< (begins searching for the journalism sheepskin...)
News media took it on the chin once before in the hayday of "Yellow" journalism. It can happen again.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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