What matters is that newspapers, like the Washington Post, are a counterbalance to the total B.S. sold to us by corporations and corrupt politicians. If we didn’t have independent reporters, we’d still believe that cigarettes are healthy, that human-caused climate change is a hoax, that deregulation is good for the economy, and that tax cuts pay for themselves. Because we’ve got people who’s job is to report the truth, we can spot flim-flam artists who are interested in lining their own pockets at our expense.
What matters is that newspapers, like the Washington Post, are a counterbalance to the total B.S. sold to us by corporations and corrupt politicians. If we didn’t have independent reporters, we’d still believe that cigarettes are healthy, that human-caused climate change is a hoax, that deregulation is good for the economy, and that tax cuts pay for themselves. Because we’ve got people who’s job is to report the truth, we can spot flim-flam artists who are interested in lining their own pockets at our expense.