Oh bullshit, nothing to do with capitalism. When I was young journalists hunted politicians for sport, nailed 'em to the wall.
Problem is our political polarization and having a wealth of outlets to choose from. No outlet wants to lose half their audience. The audience can just go elsewhere. Back in the day, if you wanted news, you had 1 or 2 newspapers, 3 or 4 TV stations, a few radio stations. They were all basically reporting the same things because no one wanted to be accused of bias.
Oh bullshit, nothing to do with capitalism. When I was young journalists hunted politicians for sport, nailed 'em to the wall.
Problem is our political polarization and having a wealth of outlets to choose from. No outlet wants to lose half their audience. The audience can just go elsewhere. Back in the day, if you wanted news, you had 1 or 2 newspapers, 3 or 4 TV stations, a few radio stations. They were all basically reporting the same things because no one wanted to be accused of bias.