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  1. As Scene On Radio point out in their 8-part audio documentary The News;

    sceneonradio.org/the-news/

    ... there never was a Golden Age of journalistic objectivity. The main reason news publishers pivoted to selling themselves as nonpartisan - a historically recent shift - was to attract deep-pocketed advertisers who wanted broad reach. The same reason DataFarming platforms did before they allied with Orange Stalin.

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    #TheNews #SceneOnRadio #KenanInstituteForEthics #DukeUniversity #podcasts