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Originally Posted by weby
Also many newspapers were founded and run to push a certain agendas, so slanted reporting is nothing new to the internet, what has changed is that it is now harder to control such things with so many more possible parties involved in pushing wrong things.
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On the other hand, having an officially approved and licensed press that is certified never to push wrong things is the same disease in a worse form.
"A managed democracy is a wonderful thing, Manuel, for the managers; and its greatest strength is a free press, where 'free' is defined as 'responsible' and the managers decide what is responsible." (Professor Bernardo de la Paz, in Robert Heinlein's
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)