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Jul 23Liked by Lauren Wolfe

A truer essay has likely not been written. It is our misfortune to live in a time of news that can be spoon fed to your particular palate. And the people swallow whatever is fed to them. JFK Jr. Is alive, Hillary ran a pedophile ring from a pizza parlor, the President is immune from everything, ad infinitum.

Our lack of a universal, trusted entity is corroding our sense of community with each other. That we believe certain facts or alternative facts puts us in a silo with no exits. Where have you gone, Walter Cronkite?

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Thank you.

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Journalism is coverage of ALL candidates facts, especially vip this cycle since RFK Jr has all but been blackballed by the media which is *actually* the scoop. And objectivity. Those things make a journalist versus an opinion writer or blogger. Cover everyone involved, objectively, and any quotes that are factually incorrect need the next sentence to correct the fact. That's what real, old-school etc journalists do.

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BigTentUSA just published Talking Points based not upon facts but personal conviction and looking toward the future for your kids and possible grandkids. Facts no longer matter because no one believes them on either side. The mainstream press owns that fact, not journalists like you.

https://www.bigtentusa.org/talking-points/

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