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Yeah frick journalism, what good is it anyways? /s
Journalism is fine, it's the societal ambivalence to the corruption and crimes of the rich and powerful that's the problem.
I wish it was fine, but most journalism is under corporate control, aka "We're not going to show this because this company/person is a big source of money to us"
That's true, but even so, corruption and illegal acts manage to get reported on. It just makes no difference unless the person doesn't have enough GOP connections.
Yeah I'm still confused about the comment and the comic. How should people know bad person is bad without knowing they did or do bad things?
I get that at some point it's unnecessary as everyone who cares to pay attention already knows. However I still think a fill historical log is valuable.
Reporting the truth is important and worth doing, but expecting it to actually take down anyone in power, especially a Republican, is incredibly naive.
I'd agree with that but who thinks reporting is the final step or the end all be all? Might be the final step for a reporter in the role of a reporter, but not in the role of a voter or revolutionary etc.
I don't expect a reporter to also solve all problems they are reporting on (if the comic is making fun of the reporter). I also don't think people consuming the reporting think that they have solved the problem by consuming the reporting (if the comic is making fun of them).
If people think negatively reporting someone would take them down. It's only because they think that a majority of people would in fact agree that the behavior is egregious enough to take them down. However, I think we all understand that the reporting is just an important step in the process and not the final goal. I think that people saying that reporting will take someone down are simply acknowledging that the first step (a necessary step) in the process has been taken.
In my opinion if the comic wanted to pick on someone it should be the people who don't believe the obvious and blatantly truthful reporting. Notably missing from the above comic.
While the people who don't believe the truth are a problem, the real issue is that nobody in power will do anything about it.