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kentuck

(111,106 posts)
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 08:17 AM Feb 2017

The press is the last watchdog on duty.

It must be tough being a journalist nowadays? How do you sort the lies from the chaos? How do you continue to inform the people about what is happening in their country?

We cannot afford to lose our free press. If we lose our free press, we have lost it all. Journalists must continue to speak truth to power. At no time in my life can I remember the press being challenged by those in power as much as they are today.

They must persevere. Our country is dependent upon the information that is coming forth. Without it, we are lost.

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The press is the last watchdog on duty. (Original Post) kentuck Feb 2017 OP
Then we're fucked... They're the ones who allowed the false equivalents uponit7771 Feb 2017 #1
You are the press. kentuck Feb 2017 #2
You are playing right into Trumps hands Sucha NastyWoman Feb 2017 #3
My expectations aren't set by MiniPootin no matter how much more confidence I have in them vs him uponit7771 Feb 2017 #4

kentuck

(111,106 posts)
2. You are the press.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 08:56 AM
Feb 2017

I do believe there are still some very good journalists out there that want to inform the people and are doing their best to do so.

Sucha NastyWoman

(2,749 posts)
3. You are playing right into Trumps hands
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 09:13 AM
Feb 2017

The sooner he can undermine the publics confidence in mainstream media, the sooner there will be a void that only he will be able to fill

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