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Originally Posted by Preechr
The teeming masses want to be entertained, not informed, and the government we are supposed to be wary of would want that, too.
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See why I am less and less fond of democracy?
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Maybe First Amendment protections need to be re-evalutated so as to apply only to actual principled journalists and not everybody even indirectly linked to the media.
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No, the Constitution uses the phrase "right of the people", not "large newspapers" or "responsible media". It is our job to keep the media in check.
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Is there possibly a measure of integrity we could come up with everyone could trust?
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Nope, because you'd essentially have the government watch dogging its own watchdog. Somewhat a conflict of interests.