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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 39 points 1 year ago

Because since the Reagan administration repealed the fairness doctrine in 1987, US news has more in common with reality tv than it does with the US news in the days of Walter Cronkite.

The truth is not important, what will garner ratings and eyeballs is.