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jlf1961 -> RE: Bill Maher concerned Trump will harm free speech (2/7/2017 5:21:52 AM)
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While Bill Maher often complains about impacts to free speech, I must point out that in the present incarnation of journalism, the truth is always the first victim.
Lets face it, long gone are the days of Walter Cronkite who reported the news first, then followed with his opinion. In modern journalism, the truth is bent, spindled, twisted, spun, and other wise distorted to the point where, if you can actually find the truth, it is a fleeting gem of reality, as rare as virgin at an orgy.
It does not matter if it is FOX, MSNBC, CNN or whatever network, the truth is no longer just the facts. News is driven by ratings, spin and not fact.
Gone are the days of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein who sought only the facts. Gone are the days when reporters just reported the news and did not add embellishments comparing one party or another to infamous groups of the past, often at the cost of historic accuracy.
The biggest problem is that the American people have become too stupid to think for themselves and depend on these pseudointellectual 'reporters' to tell them what to think.
Instead of 'big brother' telling people what to believe, we have a multitude of big brothers who cannot agree on the truth. And the point is that even if a natural disaster were to occur, someone on some national news broadcast would find a way to blame the sitting president for something as out of his power to control as an asteroid impact or earthquake.
Personally I have reached the conclusion that should all news outlets ever reported the truth with nothing spun, twisted, and stuck to just the facts, God would have a massive heart attack or, for the non believers, the Universe would destroy itself.
Is it really too much to ask for just the facts, and not opinions as to motive, blame or bullshit? Are Americans too fucking stupid to think for themselves and come to their own opinion?
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