• radiofreebc@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    It used to…before the days of 60 Minutes, which proved news could be entertainment. Before that, news was considered a public service (and had no advertisements).

    60 Minutes ruined television news, because everyone who came after them had to turn a profit.

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      5 days ago

      I won’t deny that it’s gradually getting worse, but newspapers have ALWAYS had advertisements.

      But even before that, you can’t tell me that there isn’t some bias in the story after Cletus heard from Abigail that Sarah overheard Jebidiah being rude to Old Man Hesseldorf.