The Otter demands fairness and facts to return.
I’m old enough to remember the days when the news was simply the news: emotionally detached reporters broadcasted the events of the day without much partisan opinion or editorializing. When they did, an opposing viewpoint would always be presented. Sure, mainstream news prior back then could be boring and dry. Opinion is always based on emotion, and an emotional, sensationalized delivery of the news is more enticing and sells better than the reciting of facts. Old-school reporters and anchors were well respected even though they never were considered celebrities.
Until the 1980s, American mainstream news was for the most part “fair and balanced,” with only actual facts delivered. Sure, there were always tabloids that were more sensationalized or opinionated, but they weren’t taken very seriously by most people and even they didn’t usually descend into telling outright lies. Highly partisan journalism was relegated to op-ed pieces and…
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