Bernie Sanders is coming for your newspaper"In a little noted op-ed published in Columbia Journalism Review, socialist Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders outlined his "plan" for journalism, headlined: "Op-Ed: Bernie Sanders on his plan for journalism."
...Then he gets into something to send some shivers:
Real journalism is different from the gossip, punditry, and clickbait that dominates today's news. Real journalism, in the words of Joseph Pulitzer, is the painstaking reporting that will "fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, [and] always fight demagogues."
Hear that?
Bernie wants to define for journalists and their viewers, listeners, and readers what "real" journalism is, picking and choosing the right sort of material for all of us, seeking to reward what he likes and punish what he doesn't like.
In so doing, he's choosing what's better for us, because only Bernie knows best.
That tabloid stuff is bad for your health, see, so no Katy Perry stories for you.
It's central planning in spades.
Mao; the Sandinistas; Kim Jong-il; and Sanders's early role models, the Soviets, certainly would understand.
Bernie wants to define for journalists and their viewers, listeners, and readers what "real" journalism is, picking and choosing the right sort of material for all of us, seeking to reward what he likes and punish what he doesn't like.
In so doing, he's choosing what's better for us, because only Bernie knows best.
That tabloid stuff is bad for your health, see, so no Katy Perry stories for you.
It's central planning in spades.
Mao; the Sandinistas; Kim Jong-il; and Sanders's early role models, the Soviets, certainly would understand.
It then gets worse....
We must also explore new ways to empower media organizations to collectively bargain with these tech monopolies, and we should consider taxing targeted ads and using the revenue to fund nonprofit civic-minded media...
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