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On second thought, however, it occurred to me that
Does it?
In today's media world, however, it's the first thought that too often prevails. When white
Former
Thanks mostly to the internet, today's journalists do not always have the luxury of time. Remember the "Bird Boy" episode? Back on
The reporters covering that story as it unfolded did the best they could with the information they were given. Their best simply wasn't good enough. Couple the time pressure of having to constantly post updates to the internet and the increasingly partisan nature of journalism, where the line between news and commentary is being blurred beyond recognition, and you begin to understand why "fake news" is more than just a Trump campaign slogan. If today's news is any sort of history, it's perpetual revisionism.
Any good journalist wants to be first with the big story, but because
Such considerations are not high priorities when people feel compelled to offer an immediate analysis of information that cannot truly be called news or even legitimate opinion until all the facts are verified. But when emotion become a legitimate substitute for reason, no sort of commentary is off limits.
Hence, just this week,
On second thought, perhaps people who spout such things have too much time on their hands.
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