I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I do think the biggest problem newspapers have is loss of trust, and I feel that's a result of failure to speak truth to power.
The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and it's not entirely the media's fault, bad news gets higher ratings and sells more papers than good news.
It is really the angling in the media that I do not like. That is how media can be rotten.
The democratic approach to news is a very valuable thing. We're always going to be dependent on the quality of reporting of mainstream media.
The media cause more problems than they do good.
Without the media, the American people won't have the type of information they need to hold their leaders to account. The relationship between government and media has always been strained, and I think most of the time that's a healthy strain.
The worse the newspapers speak of the world, the better I feel.
Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.
The task of the media in a democracy is not to ease the path of those who govern, but to make life difficult for them by constant vigilance as to how they exercise the power they only hold in trust from the people.
I myself have felt the wrath of the media, but that's part of what a good democracy is.
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