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sharemywin
This is a real problem. with out the media how do you have whistleblowers?

what's the difference between a crackpot and and whistleblower?

I think the world needs more ethical journalists not less.

Can you argue that the current media has a bias and ethical problem absolutely. So, you fix it how? throwing it out?

AnimalMuppet
Be willing to pay for ethical, accurate reporting. Let the ethically bankrupt become financially bankrupt.
quantified
That requires desiring ethics oneself and acting on it.
AnimalMuppet
Yup. If you don't desire ethics and/or won't act on it, well... don't complain when you don't like the ethics of the people around you.
[dead] azekai
I don't know about 'throwing it out' but I have certainly limited my media consumption. Regardless of which agenda it is pushing, most of it is keenly performative and openly political- almost every journalistic piece manages to fall into editorializing. I do not enjoy Fox or MSNBC telling me how to think or feel about a given event.

Nuance is dead, and complexities are ignored in favor of oft-repeated boilerplate.

CurtHagenlocher
I think the real problem is the advertising-supported business model.
quantified
From what I understand Rasmussen tends to poll deeper into Fox/OAN territory than other pollsters. Not surprising.
siruncledrew
I think taking personal opinions on ‘media’ in the macro vs micro sense might yield differing results. At a macro level, a majority may not like “the media”, but at a micro level people would have a positive outlook on “the media” from the perspective of what sources they engage with.

Also, media sources do have different flavors, so someone saying “I don’t like all the flavors” is not that surprising.