Before about 1950 many US papers had a point of view.
Big Media, led by Henry Luce, moved toward neutral journalism, which is profitable for big media corporations.
Let’s build a better media: revive media policy.
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Longer form from me: on media, messaging, persuasion:
https://deepnarrative.ioArticle on Twitter, Musk, and democracy:
https://www.deepnarrative.io/twitter-is-being-used-by-a-billionaire/Overreliance on polling is killing democracy (from me): (Ask me, currently re-editing)
Media Barons and the Public Interest: ownership (FCC commish, 1965):
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1968/06/the-media-barons-and-the-public-interest-an-fcc-commissioners-warning/660874/Published at
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