Press

The purpose of the free press is to expose government misdeeds and corruption. In the early 1900's journalist known as muckrakers investigated problems in government and in society. Ida Wells wrote about the lynchings in the South. Jacob Riis wrote about the slum conditions in New York City. During my years journalist Jack Anderson made a career out of reporting government fraud. The Washington Post uncovered Watergate and Edward Snowden exposed government spying. As time passed large corporations got control of the national news groups and the freedom of the press lost its sting. Just about that time the Internet came along and once again misdeeds in business and government were uncovered but that didn't last long as quickly the big social media companies got in bed with the government. In today's world the press uses the infighting between individuals based on their politics to cover their view of the news. The press does not reveal information and allow the consumer to determine the meaning but rather tells the consumer what the meaning is. This is not reporting this is propaganda. As long as the people are divided along political lines they will be subjected to news with an agenda instead of facts. Often times news is presented with only part of the facts. It takes a lot of work that most people don't have the time for to investigate a story and the press knows that so they can selectively report facts knowing that most people will not know what they are doing.