What journalism used to be

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    [–]jet199 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

    Actually the Sunday Times is probably best known for investigative journalism.

    The Guardian is way down the line on that, somewhere behind the Sun and the Mail.

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      [–]jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

      It's difficult to see anything more there than the obvious Tory propaganda.

      So you've never read it then. https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-reporting-team-that-rocked-britain-and-the-world

      You are part of the problem. The truth doesn't change depending on what political party supports it.

      Yep, I was talking about investive journalism, not politics.

      The guardian obscures stories rather than revealing them. I read nothing else for years before I realised there were many stories in other papers I knew nothing about.

      Thinking the Guardian must be the paper most important in investing journalism just because they happen to be the one which aligns with your prejudices show you are not just falling for propaganda, you are purposely inflicting it on yourself.

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        Everyone knows the Dailystar are the real investigative journalists in Britain

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          Formerly a publisher of pornographic magazines including Penthouse and Asian Babes

          😃

          Looks like they got bought in 2018 by these guys

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reach_plc

          [–]Alienhunter 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

          Yep it's all about money. Publications at the moment can make far more money by either simply shilling out to tell the readers exactly what they want to hear or by going into the shock and emotional outrage territory by reporting on things in the most inflammatory ways possible.

          "Man dies during botched arrest" "Racist cops kill innocent black man"

          Which headline will you click?

          "Man in dress wins at golf" "Transphobic outrage against historic WPGA champion"