(March 26, 2017 at 11:20 am)Silent Snob Wrote:(March 26, 2017 at 11:12 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: They must have freedom to investigate and have access to information, they should not be condemned or oppressed for reporting the truth.
They must not be manipulated by polititians.
The agencies involved should not all be owned by a few individuals with agendas.
They must give more facts than opinions and when they do give opinions they should state out right that what they are saying is biased and not "balanced and fair".
Basically Trump and his cronies are trying to destroy the free press so they can carry out their horrible agendas.
Okay. I get what you're saying. But in this thread I'm not interested in talking about Trump or anybody in any kind of political function, whosoever. I'm intersted in finding out what needs to be the case so that there is a free press in which investigative journalism can function.
Let me, again, re-phrase my question:
What is needed and neccessary (pre-conditions) to have a free press in which investigative journalism can function as such?
I did just answer that very question. Do you see it I bolded it above.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
