Red
Well-Known Member
lame stream media is not right wing![]()
I just found it what I would consider out of character for you, to hear you criticizing a conservative newspaper, and accusing it of fake news. Don't you usually reserve that accusation for the liberal outlets? I suspect you did not realize the WSJ was, generally speaking, a conservative organ.
I believe the opinion/editorial pages of the WSJ are as well known for their Right leaning/Conservative talking points as The NY Times or Washington Post editorial/opinion pages are known for their Left leaning/Liberal talking points.
All three are among America's major newspapers, and all produce great journalism as far as I am concerned. I appreciate and respect good journalism. Certainly I am at the point where I seldom pay any attention to folks who all too frequently cry "Fake News!!", since, all too often, rather then identifying an article that is actual fake news, it has become just another way of saying "I don't agree with what is said in this article", and without really explaining why. This strikes me as intellectually lazy. And really, what kind of a standard is that for determining if an article represents good journalism or not? It's become quite silly, and very lazy. It's shouted so often, that it really has lost any meaning it might have.
Fake news exists, the Senate Intelligence Committee heard all about the examples generated by the Russians during America's 2016 election. But, as a shorthand for "I don't agree with this article", it's just plain silly and intellectually lazy. It's a shame, really.