Press freedom: why you should be worried
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2024
- Global press freedom is facing its greatest challenge in decades-not just in authoritarian countries, but in democracies too. Governments are using more subtle tactics to muzzle the media. What’s going on and why is it so worrying?
00:00 - Introduction: global press freedom is in decline
01:08 - How journalists are being harassed and silenced in India
04:00 - The decline of press freedom in democracies
06:53 - Press freedom in Malta: the murder of Daphne Galizia
08:16 - How governments use SLAPPs to intimidate journalists
11:25 - Hungary: how the government controls the news media
14:19 - How journalists are fighting back
Read our interactive piece on press freedom: econ.st/3vytCKY
Sign up to our daily newsletter for the latest coverage: econ.st/3x4vdJH
British privacy law now rivals libel law in gagging the press: econ.st/3wbJ7Yv
China crushes Hong Kong’s independent news outlets: econ.st/3OTIZFw
Hindu bigots openly urging Indians to murder Muslims: econ.st/3vMdVPi
Vladimir Putin has brutally muzzled Russian media: econ.st/3MH1VW9
Censorious governments are abusing “fake news” laws: econ.st/3vRuedC
How journalists can defend the free press: econ.st/3y2d2Vu
Press freedom under pressure: econ.st/3OGxRLT
South Korea’s plan to fight fake news could hobble real journalism:
econ.st/3MD4KHK
Poland's proposed media rules threaten press freedom: econ.st/37TCVfj
Hong Kong’s liberal media are under pressure: econ.st/3OG6H7X
Even noxious ideas need airing-censorship only makes them stronger: econ.st/3OIWozR
Jimmy Lai’s arrest is a blow to press freedom in Hong Kong: econ.st/3KCrNRD
Malta is sharply criticised by the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption watchdog:
econ.st/3vShG5t
The global slump in press freedom: econ.st/3xZHnE3
Why no mention of Julian Assange?
Because the Economist doesn't want to offend its pro-war, pro-Hillary, anti-Trump Neoliberal brunch base.
I was just thinking that. When they got onto Britain, I thought they'd at least mention him briefly. But sadly not.
Because the journalists and editor of the Economist doesn't want to go to jail.
They have mouths to feed. 😬
@@joputhiyaparambil07 as if they cared in the first place
Because he's not being prosecuted for journalism at all.
Thank you for shedding light on such an important topic. No democracy can survive without free and pluralistic media.
everyone has their agenda. Economist too... :)
Let's not act like some of these people are masquerading as a journalist, but are really activists. At least in the US.
@@allenthomas9912 very true! to call Ms Ayub "a journalist" is an insult to our profession.
"No democracy can survive without free and pluralistic media." ... yes they can. Just get rid of Fake News like One American News...
@@tmpcox you forgot to mention Fox, MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, and probably some more that I can't think of. Might as well add the Economist to the list.
It is most dangerous in democratic countries because it gives you the impression of press freedom but never did. So when you speak out against the most evil state that portray the most freedom, you will be stigmatised. Assange is the best example.
no is it not. Assange has nothing to do with freedom of press.
@@vladnickul yes, it is. He has everything to do with it. His exposure of US demonic act were never published by other press after his persecution.
do you even know what he is prosecuted for? no :) anyway. there are a ton of sites for whistleblowing. ( and that is not illegal to do so, there are actual laws that protect whistleblowers )
@@vladnickul just prosecution the person, can't do for site. he's framed so it doesn't matter what's the charge.
@@edgarjohnston7937 no it matters in court, he is charged under US espionage act.
Btw I absolutely do not support assange's arrest.
In the UK, for one, the media has been atrocious. It is often more about drama and inflaming outrage for profit rather than informing and promoting debate. So this seems a little disingenuous.
I would be more likely to support the defence of our media if I saw firstly, a sincere effort on their part to commit to impartial, balanced reporting.
Same here in Germany. Most of our media is just stuff designed to profit off the same old group of readers in forms of scandals (we call this Klatschpresse) instead of actual investigative journalism.
@@krokse I find DW much better than BBC. Reporters seem well informed and less biased. They ask sensible questions and choose interviewees that are willing to discuss issues honestly and in depth.
Same here in the US
How do you know your view points are the truth? What if your entire comment is a outcry to shift the balance in your favor?? Is the media you read not informing because it is or because you believe its not sharing what you believe is the truth?
@@AlanAkAOptimus It's circus not jurnalism.
i'm more worried about why you won't mention Julian Assange.
He has nothing to do with this subject.
And Edward Snowden
Assange is not a journalist, but a Russian troll! Like Edward Snowden!
That is very true, for instance the shameful acting of British and American courts in the Assange case. Perhaps the most notorious case of them all, who may even be murdered before the very eyes of the entire world
What can be done with regards to Press Freedom here in the UK?
You are not the international journalist at the economist you are a international journalist at the economist. Suggesting the former with me and you’re the only one in fact you’re one out of many
Media being pressured to tow the elite/leading class line is nothing new. To say it is getting worse and more difficult to report openly and objectively is a hard case to make. No one is talking about the press in western countries that actively speak against the status quo. Rana's situation is terrible, but why isn't the economist talking about this exact same thing happening in Canada and the USA? Is there some minority quota they're trying to meet?
Look back to 100 years ago. Press like the Economist would never have reported on this type of event at the time. western media is improving. However, mass media narratives in the west constantly ignore the past while claiming to be impartial. Sometimes too much freedom of press to push a certain set of information for corporate profit. But you
Becoz india performed poorly in every media freedom index out there despite being a democracy
@@jogo798 just like the US
Democracy and freedom of speech is hard work
No such thing as being free in a democracy. That’s why this piece is b.s.
The subject seems interesting, but in the list, no mention of USA and Assange. Is it voluntary or just that you don't think it is related to your subject ? (I haven't watch it yet but I'm asking first)
Assange isn't being prosecuted for journalism.
@@spacetoast7783 indirectly he is
@@patrickbalkany7989 How?
@@spacetoast7783 for aiding to publish classified documents, so technically speaking, it is journalism
@@spacetoast7783 Are you simple?
You know that no-one gets charged with journalism right? It's not supposed to be a crime.
News media in India has become PR and advertisement channels for the ruling party.
Welcome to the club.
In India, every party in every state has their own press - tv, newspaper ... thats called freedom of press.
The press should feel free and safe to report and comment on all issues. Press shapes our understanding of different people and countries and ideologies, which is a very powerful medium besides the education system. Nevertheless, we should be aware that the press always has a political stance and ideology, prioritising national interest or the interest of its funder. Don't just listen to what they say, try to find out yourself online or from other sources what really happen before and after that report, especially when the press is talking about foreign issues. Sometimes you can see that the press is
visionary and sightful indeed, but sometimes you will find that the press is naive, lying and distorting the context. Freedom is important but not absolute, it requires some control and different countries have different ways of control, some through removing your existence on the Internet and making your get fired by accusing you online and publicly for violating the "political correctness" (eliminating your influence), like that in developed countries, while some through violence or prosecution, like that in many developing countries. I think we have to be practical towards press freedom, there is no "ideal" in the real world.
Dear The Economist team of reporters,
I really liked this video but have one criticism that I'd like to mention. How come that you haven't mentioned Julian Assange even once in this video. He is a prime example that even the world's stronger democracies like the US and UK can become hostile towards your very profession, hostile towards journalism. Will there be a seperate video about his case in the future or is this topic being silenced?
-Byd
It's funny that the UK and the US is considered democracies 😂
just have a cigar
What a brave new world we are entering
我家培育出了一个新品种的猪，因为很白，所以我叫它“盎撒猪”
For journalist like Ayub, nothing is at stake. Sometimes those organisations are in question who awarded people like her.
true! If our legal system was only more efficient, she would have been jailed or hanged by now for terrorism and sedition. she is lucky to be in India
Rona Ayyub is back at it. As usual, playing the victim card. Everyone reading this comment, check out all the cases that have been filed on her. Do your research. She’s the world’s greatest scamster. She was supposed to have audio tapes of Modi that would prove his complicity in the Gujarat Riots, but she never released them. If y’all love her so much, keep her there😂😂
@@Abhishek-vj4ib whats tragic is that, reputed mags like Economist are using Ayyub's story to promote their agenda - not sure who is more corrupt. And these guys call them selves independent journlists.
Yeah in America I was arrested for doing my Job as a jorunalist and I am still fighting the charges.
What are the charges?
Until today I still don't see an article from all top news organisations apologise to the public for reporting on Iraq having weapons of mass destruction
I hope that journalists in risky areas, will keep their wealth abroad or in foreign derived assets.
Important subject aside, can I just say what an awesome soundtrack this story had. Cudos to whomever put that together.
我们的大军马上就过来了，侮辱人的时候也要想想后果
According to press freedom index
Kazakhstan - dictatorial regime - 122
UAE - Monarchy - 138
Singapore- One party state - 139
Hong Kong - media brutalized - 148
Turkey- 160 media outlets shut - 149
India - ndtv/wire/quint/randayyub exist but - 150
You can keep making rankings and put India at last i don't care !!!
Didn't you watch the video. Did you not see how Rana Ayyub was being treated
We too don't care these reporters without borders created by CIA .
@@kshitizsiwakoti6982 she is not a journalist...she is a scammer , hinduphobik trrst sympathizer
Excellent,
The moment you brought Rana Ayub into the frame...it lost all its credibility.
absolutely!
Yes!!
correct. and who made you the purveyor of credibility? stick to watching banana republic, the most credible circus on earth
@@bhishammansukhani3469 u deserve rana 😀.
You wanted someone from propaganda site OpIndia to represent it??
I don't know how news organizations can be protected but individual journalists should really start reporting anonymously or create fake personas that can't be hit with SLAPP suits.
that's difficult cause you won't be able to gain any credibility once your original account which broke the news gets taken down inevitably. How do you confirm if the source is the same as the one before? Filtering spam out of credible news will just become harder when no ownership is involved.
So Spain isn't a democracy, because it's a constitutional monarchy? The UK is a constitutional monarchy, so is Canada and other countries.
Especially in Italy!
People forget that the press is the 4th pillar..
Julian Assange?
Theory: censorship of journalism has coincided with the rise of corporations
When will you release Julian Assange? Is there press freedom in UK?
Assange will be gift wrapped for the Americans. The government here is doing some sersious bottom licking both with that and the Ukraine situation in order to earn favour with Uncle Joe so that they can have a freer hand with the EU.
Well done
Not only governments, also criminality groups and harrassment by regular people is to blame
我们家的猪很白
This is literally what is unfolding in Canada right now.
Fortunately, the BBC is free to make news
If the journalists want the freedom of press, they should speak for the freedom of speech for everyone, whatever the opinion is.
We should PRESS for PRESS freedom.
Save Julian Assange!!! save journalism!!!
Not only Shanghai…but also democracies…what is wrong with this world? How do we change this blurrier and blurrier world where the internet and big data is becoming more and more powerful.
What benefits does democracy actually achieve if it exists at all
Lol. Rana ayyub is famous for her money extortion in India. Some say she is a news reporter.
Arnoob Gooswami is the best😂😂
It's so dangerous in India for dissenting voices that the foreign correspondents come here and make grand statements about how they wish to overthrow the current government and yet their visa status remains intact. What a fascist government! 😭
Agree osama is a hero
Stop being a b**ch about the government being criticized. They are not your mom. They are supposed to take criticism and act on the criticism with policies. Rather than whining about how foreign media is spoiling their image. Foreign media is necessary because it is not viable for local Media companies to write anything against the government. Many news stations have been raided and people have been assaulted by mobs inside these places before. Many independent journalist accounts have mysteriously disappeared/banned(which have given the correct information in the past). Currently, my government is trying to write a law that will demand VPN companies to store the data of users for 5 years and will have to share that data with the government when asked for it but no one can report on it as a major news because they know their life and livelihood will be in danger.
You should report on CTI News in Taiwan. A democracy as well, and allegedly having more press freedom, but this is not the case
RSF doesn't consider censorship of lies to be a violation of real press freedom.
I don't necessarily trust the gov to make that determination, but in principle it's totally fair.
Press is what. The only way which could deliberately controls the ferocities & bloodthirstiness of arbitrary governments.
Smith-Mundt Act
If journalists defended the freedom of speech of everyone, they wouldn't have to worry about press freedom in particular.
That would be simply part of it.
But when it comes to freedom of speech and a healthy culture of discourse, journalists seem to be divided.
You all have a biased mindset regarding India. You've ranked Turkey above India but A large number of Journalists have been killed in the recent times by the goons of Ardogan and one more thing I noticed in this Ranking that Afghanistan has been ranked more safe for Journalists than Pakistan. How strange! can you imagine? Afghanistan is under Taliban rule and how can it be more safe than Pakistan for Journalists. And the makers of this Ranking don't give clarity about the ranking system. That what is their criteria and how they rank countries ?
The Ranking is from last year, before Taliban took over.
@@navinvent Afghanistan was in war before Taliban took over. And I don't think that war is a favourable situation for Journalists.
Why govt. do not arrest Rana Ayubb..? Itna kharab mentality hai.. She is the one who produced propaganda..
how about the apartheid Israeli police who treat badly with journalists
1:36 / 17:44
ni som gör engelska st 32 i kunskapsskolan. Fråga 3) a) In India, what did Rana Ayyub report on that made her get harassed and threatened?
In Australia, the media is becoming increasingly a mouthpiece for conservative politics.
Just like the BBC is a Tory mouthpiece in the UK.
Serves them. right
I was surprised about their news the “Sky News Australia” about the corrupt Biden family … just Fox News could talk that without harassment. Also WION 🇮🇳, CGTN 🇨🇳 and ShanghaiEye 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
In last few years it has become clear that no government is clean, but at the same time we have also seen that most journalists also have their own personal agenda. We need to be very careful about believing any government or journalists.
Rana Ayyub and Journalism??!! Seriously theEconomist!??
14:10 censored flowers?
This world is full of with twisted minds.
Hi
Press freedom? I think we had one - 2,5 years ago...
🏀
but what about paid media .In 1.4 billion only she is feeling insecure.We all indian see RANA ayub as west/china means to discredit India .
Singapore is 139😅
SO DO SOMETHING TO SAVE JULIAN ASSANGE!!! HE'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE BUT YOU DIDN'T CARE UNTIL IT HAS AN IMPACT ON YOURSELVES. SELFISH AND SHORT SIGHTED.
no mention of julian assange & what UK & US government is doing to him
Why didn't you include spain as a democracy?
Reporters do not speak the truth. Only whistleblowers speak the truth.
The press. Can't live with them...can't launch them all into the sun. ;)
All politicians are hypocrites
6:50 Spain is not democracy??
Free Julian Assange then talk about freedom.
The Hindu phobia journalist
RSF is a charity?
Freedom of the press is of course important, but journalists have a very inflated view of themselves. They act like they're troops or something. You don't get points merely for opposing a government and while assassination is beyond the pale, politicians have a right to take legal action if they genuinely feel defamed. It's not like journalists never get a story wrong.
Easy for you to say this if you live in a country that protects press freedom
Yes but more and more right wing leaders are being elected lately and in general the entire world is backsliding, I mean people like Putin don't even care anymore about pretending that they're for democracy they're clearly not they just want to silence the press (Russia literally cut off every news Media outlet other than the ones they can control and only let them then tell their own narrative) and this whole thing about Journalists getting stories wrong is a bit dumb because yes of course that happens but those cases are the vast minority I mean look at it like this if you go into a factory there will always be some goods that can't be sold because they had a production error but 98% are completely fine but would you want to shut down the entire factory just because very rarely and only occasionally it gets something wrong? I feel like everybody's just so focused on condemning the press because again we're backsliding and going further away from democracy so yeeeah
check Philippines
I knew it that the video is going to be about India and the journalist. There is no mention of US or any European nation. Simply added one more country for 5 mins. The index has a lot of questions which of-course are not in the publix domain. The current list is the most funniest as well, India is worst than Kazakhstan (122), somalia (140), Turkey (149) and Pakistan is even worse than Afghanistan which as Taliban regime. Wow what a ranking.
More over why are journalists engaged with political leaders to get news or to make some goodwill. The ED case against Indian journalist is regarding the foreign currency she received from NGOs. Why was it not clarified in the video. This is how media is today, just give the people what is sellable. Not every journalist is bad but that doesn't make everyone saint either, Just like this video.
I would love to rant more but for the comments I made I would get blasted by everyone.
No mention of Julian Assange 🤮
The press should avoid prostituting itself by affiliating with the movie business.
6:19 By her acting skill, fake tear she raised more than $10 million 😁
It’s very difficult to get a fair journalism such as the economist nowadays. Few had been defending the journalists in this world
The constitutionally protected "freedom of the press" is simply the "freedom of speech." Nothing more or less.
It is a protected activity, not a protected class of citizen. Neither is it an elevated authority, prerogative or exemption from the rule of law.
If a thief breaks into your house looking for jewels, or a reporter breaks into your house looking for a story, guess what: breaking-and-entering is a crime and both are criminals. A press card is no "Get out of jail for free card" for the reporter.
If a reporter corners you on the street, plying you with questions, the reporter is just a Joe Shmo like any other, with no power, no office, no legal prerogative, to make you pay him so much as enough attention to burp at him.
The very same "freedom of speech" that extrapolates logically to the "freedom of the press" (i.e., the freedom to publish your "speech") is OUR freedom, collectively, no more and no less than that of the putative "fourth estate." It is the freedom to speak, to write, to post, to comment, to find out by every legal means, to reveal and expose. No reporter or journalist enjoys any greater or lesser freedom by dint of his/her profession than we all do in that respect.
Law-enforcement agencies, judges, legislatures all enjoy special powers of subpoena, arrest, incarceration. There are times when journalists seem delusionally to believe their "power of the press" approaches that kind of coercive power, as if "I'm a reporter!" means "So you HAVE to answer me!" It's an utter delusion.
Freedom of speech works both ways: the freedom to say what you want and the freedom to say absolutely nothing when you want, and say it (i.e., nothing) to anybody you want. Interestingly, that freedom even encompasses those who've actually been lawfully arrested and charged with crimes: the freedom to be silent.
Isn't it ironic how the very freedom we insist upon for those accused of real crimes seems at times to be completely forgotten when the "mob" clamors for this or that person to 'fess up, to answer questions, to intimately reveal what they have done, felt, thought, wanted, intended, all of course fueled by the profit-motive as the news-entertainment-industry pushes the scandal du jour to keep the ratings up? Yes, quite ironic. Mass mania fueled by mass amnesia: "Rights? What rights? The public has a right to know!"
As I said above, the "freedom of the press" is a protected activity, not a protected class of citizen. In our suddenly cyber-transformed, social-media-pervaded world the meaning of that freedom, the freedom of that ACTIVITY, takes on more significance, and need of crystal-clear definition, than EVER BEFORE. Because, in fact, we are all, all of us who comment, post, react, discuss, debate, argue, now engaged in that very same activity, i.e., "the press," the printed word, and fall under that constitutionally protected freedom as much as anybody calling themselves "reporters/journalists" ever did.
The Founding Fathers couldn't have anticipated our computer age and social media. Which is why it's so astonishing how the broad principle of freedom that they enshrined in the constitution so well encompasses the "press" that we have all, to some extent, now become.
Press on.
🙂
India and Europe? What about the biased media in the US? What about democracy here? It’s at risk, and the only media people who are truly honest are independent, which this journalist is not.
The US isnt at risk for genocide
And, to call a serial tax evader, terrorist funder like Rana Ayub as a honest journalist just because she is willing to come on TV & cry?!? Economist has lost its credibility!
Because in US, their propaganda media is using over reporting, so it is free 😂😂😂
why there is no China, a ridiculous strong economy without any freedom...
.
fonte do monark ai kkkkkkkk
India has a problem with press freedom but using Rana Ayyub as representive of media is just... being ignorant. Presenting her in this video was a bad idea.
why haven't you covered Pakistan,South Africa, US and precisely Afghanistan and other nations. Ranna Ayub is not only journalist from India there are lots of them who are doing quite well in this country. I have a personal request for Ayyub. If you have a bit of self respect please visit Afghanistan and walk the way you are walking in India.
Unless and until this is propaganda.
How? She's obviously being harassed and silenced? How is that a lie?
@@AgieSebie Harassed and silenced? Just scroll her twitter you'll be better in the position to argue and first keep your argument straight, its not a lie because lie tends to be corrected. Its absolutely a baseless propaganda she is playing since several years carving out her intention towards and against a community.
There's a cavet between journalism and biased psychology.
@@vivekrajput6847 Are you saying that the facts about her being attacked online and harassed is incorrect? That she is making it up?
@@vivekrajput6847 The question I asked is very straightforward.
One word: Assange
This is all so phony...
If Elon Musk really cares about democracy and freedom of speech, he should finance these independent journalists, then maybe buy Twitter. Just saying that some of the richest people in the world have a huge responsibility in a capitalist world.
YOU GUYS ADVOCATE CENSORSHIP. HOW DOES IT FEEL. REPORT ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH FAIRLY OR YOU GO DOWN WITH THE REST OF US
Attacks against female reporters??? What about attacks on reporters in general?????????????????????????
पाकिस्तान
We know who OWNS the media.
Also, 0:29 that nose says a lot
चाइना का नाम भी न लिया
कोई है
Maybe they're funded by china
Perhaps avoid bending the truth or telling only half truths or outright lies to suit the predetermined narrative and there would be less hostilities towards story tellers aka joirnalist
you are my friend
My trading journey was a matriculation of the highs and lows, literally just like the market. You up, you down. Now I'm constantly up. Lol...
Same here lol.. I aslo earn profits of $ 15.300 on my investment since i started investing with Amy Robinette, her trading is best I've seen.
I've lost a lot of money trying to trading for myself.....I tried trading on my own but it only left me chasing shadows
Rothschild press, huh?
Get yourself some new jewish mastermind enemies. Always the same name, It’s becoming a bit boring tbh.
@@x9147 They own this magazine and the problem is not that they are Jewish.
@@x9147 Enjoy the famine by the way.
Israel has killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
Shouldn't a report be made on that?
Rona ayyubbbbb🤣🤣🤣🤣
What i think is reporting lacks flexibility regards to it's motive ..they dont worry out the timing ,words of news they just do it ,even if may lead to public unrest in some situation ,many time they dont even present full picture . There should be counsious reporting motivated to peace in society
What the Economist means by "press freedom"... is whoever peddles the Economist's politics. if you disagree with the Economist's positions on issues, especially international issues, you are framed as authoritarian and against freedom of the press. Amazing how every news outlet exactly matches the politics and interests of its ownership. I'm sure that's a coincidence.
Freedom of speech doesn't just apply to those that frame themselves as "journalists". It's supposed to apply to everyone... including the critics of some of the glorified bloggers that self-righteously act like they can't be dramatically wrong about things just because they claim to be "journalists"
Freedom of speech is important but so is freedom from slander and libel. When some of the unaccountable priest-class that today frame their politics as "human rights" and "journalism" slander individuals, companies and institutions... they should be sued for it just like anyone else that behaves like that.
@@sncy5303
Exactly.
Journalists all agree when it comes to freedom of the press, but freedom of speech is a very controversial issue among them.
Many journalists think that it is authoritarian to silence or censor them, but perfectly ok to silence or censor those of a different profession.
@@MrCmon113
"Many journalists think that it is authoritarian to silence or censor them, but perfectly ok to silence or censor those of a different profession."
Exactly..
There are instances where censorship is appropriate (e.g. unsubstantiated slander to reputation which can harm people's livelihoods and relationships) . Unfortunately many "journalists' want a special set of rules for themselves so they can say whatever they wish to harm whomever they wish without accountability.
So-called "Journalism" amounts to a form of blogging before there was blogging. They should face lawsuits like everyone else when they cross the line into slander. . If they did nothing wrong, they can countersue for damages too. And they should also face criticism just like other people face criticism
In short... "Journalists" should have equal rights, not special rights when it comes to free speech. By making it just as easy to sue "journalists" as anyone else, it will not only help with truthful reporting but even civility. It will force them to be careful that their words are true or face consequences for them.
Rana ayyub seriously she is joke because non sense claim...even supreme court scold her...i think ravish kumar would be better.
Imagine you are donating money for needy and people like rana stole that and used it in her personal expenses ! What a scammer
Rana Ayyub is a prime example of a Biased Journalist. In a secular India she drives her flaming agendas of religion.
Press Freedom is important yes always has been. But the REAL problem of our age is Press Quality.
More accurately the diminishing press professionalism. Because I constantly see biased overly idiological reporting. Always given "the progressive narrative" e.g. the strategy we're spoon fed. "We must support the current thing" (that's a pun btw for those in the know)
It's both left and right "journalists'" that act like an unaccountable priest class. All most "journalism" represents today is just some front whatever ownership supports. That's exactly why Fox is right. And CNN is left.
Everyone has a right to their politics but that's not the same thing as actual journalism. Objective journalism by necessarily must be politically neutral. Report facts and figures not sneak in ownership's politics into reporting narratives. I have yet to see a single major news source that behaves like this. Not one. Whether left or right they use alleged "journalism" to push their politics, their economic interests, and sometimes even nationalist/ethnic interests.
the best news source... listen to news sources with opposing interests. That's the only way to get a more complete picture of what's going on. If one only listens to only one's side... confirmation bias.