Indeed. And as observed in "The Rise of Professional Journalism", our toothless media are unable, even if qualified, to challenge the official guesses. That would be too partisan. Thus it becomes a messaging game of volume and frequency. The guesser with the bulliest pulpit wins.
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Great article from an even better book. And I enjoyed hearing firsthand the authors' articulate passion this evening in Chicago. A key point for me in the article is the amazing value of a GOOD partisan media array. Not the shallow, entertainment-oriented namecalling partisanship we get from too many fronts. But rather honest, coherent and sustained partisan journalism that fairly and consistently argues for its vision, and that thereby engages the citizens in the issues they care about. So how do we restore that partisan vitality and variety to the media? How do we help citizens distinguish good partisanship from bad? …
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