Thank you for this installment. That Sulzberger is the messenger you reference is so unsettling--because I have watched, as a media specialist, the Times dismantle editorial layers and pivot to clickbait and platform wasteful words. We have serious challenges these days. Wasting the capital of journalism is no way to go through life.
The founders knew freedom of the press would be vital for this experiment in democracy - which is why they put it in the first amendment. And it is necessary.
I agree with Alexis' comment about the New York Times about much of its reporting and word choice for headlines, and want to add that I wish there was an enforceable set of standards and ethics for journalists when it comes to telling the truth. Why Fox News, with its multi million dollar judgements for lying is still allowed to spew more lies is beyond me. A
In New York Times Co. v. United States re. (The Pentagon Papers Case) (1971), Justice Black’s opinion included the following:
“The founding fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.”
When I was young, I wanted to be a lawyer or a journalist because I couldn’t imagine any other professions that were as noble. It’s hard to believe now.
Now our mainstream media is owned by governors who would have the governed destitute and without a voice in their own wellbeing. Perhaps Mr. Sulzburger would care to address why it is that The New York Times has become a paper that has abandoned ethics altogether in its blatant support of Donald Trump and fascism.
Thank you for this installment. That Sulzberger is the messenger you reference is so unsettling--because I have watched, as a media specialist, the Times dismantle editorial layers and pivot to clickbait and platform wasteful words. We have serious challenges these days. Wasting the capital of journalism is no way to go through life.
The founders knew freedom of the press would be vital for this experiment in democracy - which is why they put it in the first amendment. And it is necessary.
I agree with Alexis' comment about the New York Times about much of its reporting and word choice for headlines, and want to add that I wish there was an enforceable set of standards and ethics for journalists when it comes to telling the truth. Why Fox News, with its multi million dollar judgements for lying is still allowed to spew more lies is beyond me. A
In New York Times Co. v. United States re. (The Pentagon Papers Case) (1971), Justice Black’s opinion included the following:
“The founding fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.”
When I was young, I wanted to be a lawyer or a journalist because I couldn’t imagine any other professions that were as noble. It’s hard to believe now.
Now our mainstream media is owned by governors who would have the governed destitute and without a voice in their own wellbeing. Perhaps Mr. Sulzburger would care to address why it is that The New York Times has become a paper that has abandoned ethics altogether in its blatant support of Donald Trump and fascism.