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Dismissing “the media” is dumb (proof in two pictures)

12.15.2016 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

A few years ago I offered a homemade infographic to try to explain what it takes to do investigative journalism. It was the top page of a notebook I used to report a story once. Journalists, if they are to discover things, must be paid. (And not forced to make videos and take pictures and tweet all fucking day long.)

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Here's another infographic that can help us avoid (or counter) unhelpfully glib dismissal of "the media" as One Dumb Thing, which it is not. It is Many Different Dumb Things—and thousands of smart people, who happen to stand, even if they lean a little one way or another, between our democracy and fascist totalitarianism. (Click to enlarge the image.)

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(Thanks to Jeff Herrington for the infographic—and for the good sense that he regularly brings to the topic of communication and journalism.)

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