File under: Sad this needed to be written, but relieved to see someone stepping up to the plate.http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447693/fake-news-media-voters-shared-reality-must-be-acknowledged?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=591c11c504d3014d7979003d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …
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I could be wrong here, but the widespread view that major newspapers just routinely fabricate news seems to be relatively new.
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Conservatives have long complained (sometimes reasonably!) about press "bias"—in what stories are emphasized, what claims get scrutinized...
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...but until the past few years I feel like it was taken for granted that basic facts printed in NYT or WaPo were generally reliable.
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Whatever their politics, people did not think one demonstrated savvy by reflexively dismissing facts reported in major newspapers.
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Except for the glaring gap in the claim: the Iraq War.
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And I would add there are a great number of known "covert" facts that are not consistently reported in WaPo & NYT.
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"covert" definitely should be in quotes & some of these "covert" facts have a tremendous impact on everyday Americans
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And some are acknowledged. Which is why the charade around them breeds cynicism.
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