said by KoolMoe :

Traditional media is indeed falling apart. There just doesn't seem to be any actual research, much less investigation, of sources.

I guess it comes down to how these articles are written-up. Is there any disclosure that the sources are funded by the interested parties? If not, absolutely inexcusable. If that's the case, the media are simply whores for passing on thinly-guised advertising.

It's not about including stories people are interested in but doing so in a clear, balanced, and responsible manner.
KM

said by TKJunkMail :

The press has almost never done what you claim they should do. From the earliest days of "yellow journalism", the press has always been nothing but a platform for advertisers and political parties. When they report the "truth", it is merely an accident.

said by TKJunkMail :

There's a difference between reporting with an agenda and not bothering to do basic research. That is, if you're going to quote a source, for whatever reason, one should at least do a basic check on the veracity of the source's information (lest you end up with an embarrassing factual error that gives your news organization a black eye).
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said by KoolMoe :

True, Bruce is definitely one with an 'agenda' (one that I find not-without-foundation) but your comment is outside the point.
Traditional media is indeed falling apart. There just doesn't seem to be any actual research, much less investigation, of sources.

said by nixen :

So, what's Dan Rather doing these days?

said by nixen :

So, what's Dan Rather doing these days?

said by TKJunkMail :

Bruce Kushnick cares because he has had it in for big telco for years and has based his whole business(teletruth.org) on it. But the average person reading a newspaper could care less and the reporters and editors for those papers put in them what people are interested in. So that is why the press doesn't care - they aren't on some quest to destroy an industry like Bruce is.

said by T1 Rocky :

And where is the fiber network the telcos promised the government would be built before 2004 back in 1996?

said by Karl Bode :

Incorrect. The promise made to states like PA was for last mile, 45Mbps fiber connectivity. I have the original order around here somewhere in pdf. Yes, that's ludicrous, but yes, they still got tax write-offs and other incentives essentially for free.

said by TKJunkMail :

Bruce Kushnick cares because he has had it in for big telco for years and has based his whole business(teletruth.org)