Originally Posted By: Salmo g.

...The media are in for profit businesses. They changed in the 1970s when news departments had been operated at a financial loss to having to also make a profit. That's when they began hiring sexy looking women in the news departments. And then the Fairness Doctrine was repealed in 1987 (thanks Reagan!), and news media became entertainment, first and foremost. Objective reporting hasn't been a media requirement for over 30 years, making the likes of Rush Limbaugh possible.


That is exactly what I've been trying to explain to misguided people for years.

That's how we ended up with "alternate facts" and half the country believing in pure bullschit from obvious con men.