Donald Trump may or may not fix his campaign, and Hillary Clinton may or may not become the first female president. But something else happening before our eyes is almost as important: the complete collapse of American journalism as we know it.
The frenzy to bury Trump is not limited to the Clinton campaign and the Obama White House. They are working hand in hand with what was considered the cream of the nation’s news organizations.
The shameful display of naked partisanship by the elite media is unlike anything seen in modern America.
The largest broadcast networks - CBS, NBC and ABC - and major newspapers like the New York Times and Washington Post have jettisoned all pretense of fair play. Their fierce determination to keep Trump out of the Oval Office has no precedent.
Indeed, no foreign enemy, no terror group, no native criminal gang suffers the daily beating that Trump does. The mad mullahs of Iran, who call America the Great Satan and vow to wipe Israel off the map, are treated gently by comparison.
By torching its remaining credibility in service of Clinton, the mainstream media’s reputations will likely never recover, nor will the standards. No future producer, editor, reporter or anchor can be expected to meet a test of fairness when that standard has been trashed in such willful and blatant fashion.
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http://nypost.com/2016/08/21/american-journalism-is-collapsing-before-our-eyes/
This is not just about Trump and Hillary. This is about oligarchs, bankgangsters, and corporate CEOs controlling our economy and political process for their own benefit. We The People no longer matter.
It is significant that the first two amendments in the US Bill of Rights deal with the right of free expression and worship, and with the right of the people to use firearms to preserve their freedom. It is also significant that our would-be rulers attack those rights on a continual basis.
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