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		aewens on Dec 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked ... How would we go about proving that a news source claiming to be those things are actually real, truly unbiased, truth seeking, and fact checking?

chiefalchemist on Dec 28, 2020 [–]

There are two things that seem to undermine the currect media landscape.

1) Profits are more important that facts and integrity

2) That race to the bottom prevents the media from policing each other. That is, for example, ABC News won't call out CBS News because ABC News fears retaliation (so to speak).

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