Trump Knows he can't fool the voters without fooling media first. This is how Bush took US to Iraq

[kpete]

PRINCIPLES OF JOURNALISM

(American Press Association)

1. JOURNALISM’S FIRST OBLIGATION IS TO THE TRUTH

Democracy depends on citizens having reliable, accurate facts put in a meaningful context. Journalism does not pursue truth in an absolute or philosophical sense, but it can and must pursue it in a practical sense. This “journalistic truth” is a process that begins with the professional discipline of assembling and verifying facts. Then journalists try to convey a fair and reliable account of their meaning, valid for now, subject to further investigation. Journalists should be as transparent as possible about sources and methods, so audiences can make their own assessment of the information. Even in a world of expanding voices, accuracy is the foundation upon which everything else is built: context, interpretation, comment, criticism, analysis and debate. The truth, over time, emerges from this forum. As citizens encounter an ever-greater flow of data, they have more need not less for identifiable sources dedicated to verifying that information and putting it in context.

2. ITS FIRST LOYALTY IS TO CITIZENS

While news organizations answer to many constituencies, including advertisers and shareholders, the journalists in those organizations must maintain allegiance to citizens and the larger public interest above any other if they are to provide the news without fear or favor. This commitment to citizens first is the basis of a news organization’s credibility; the implied covenant that tells the audience the coverage is not slanted for friends or advertisers.


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[spanone]

1. unfortunately journalism is dead

[Johonny]

3. +1

[GusBob]

2. The wall is the new WMDs

Nobody can stop talking about it. The debate yesterday was about paying for the wall, like it was a done deal all but the bill.

With the WMDs it was not whether they existed or not but how much damage they could cause.

The breathless lead up to the phony Iraq war about nonexistent WMDs by shills in the US press....can you say New York Times? Judith Miller?

It was interesting to see in your other OP the NYT had to set their reporter straight on the immigration speech

[liberal N proud]

4. Someone should remind the media of these principles

And of how they were hoodwinked by the bu$h organization.

Unfortunately, what we have that claims to be journalism today is nothing more than talking heads repeating an opinion made by the corporate boss.

[pansypoo53219]

5. the media WANTED to be fooled. cause GWasshat was NEW. SQUIRREL!

[anamandujano]

6. The media is not being fooled now, nor were they then.

They see what we see, they know what we know. They are bought and paid for.

When the chickens come home to roost, they hold round tables on how it all happened with the purpose and outcome to exonerate themselves.