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Tom Brokaw: Journalists Used to Be Trusted, But Social Media Ruined That

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Posted by Fred 2019-12-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Tom Brokaw sharing his "Fake News" sorrows with the "Clown Nose On / Clown Nose Off Man" Stephen Colbert himself. This would break the even the fabled Rantburg Irony Meter™!

Posted by magpie 2019-12-12 01:25|| 2019-12-12 01:25|| Front Page Top

#2 No jackass, journalists used to be trusted, until Vietnam, then people started realizing what worthless subhuman lizards reporters were. Yeah there's a few of the old kind around, but they are vilified by the rest.

Posted by Silentbrick 2019-12-12 01:29|| 2019-12-12 01:29|| Front Page Top

Brokaw appears to be.... reaching back some distance in his assessment.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-12 03:12|| 2019-12-12 03:12|| Front Page Top

#4 "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids..."

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2019-12-12 03:55|| 2019-12-12 03:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Pitcher to a well too many times.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-12-12 04:09|| 2019-12-12 04:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Tom Brokaw: Journalists Used to Be Trusted, But ~~Social Media~~ The Free Flow of Information Ruined That

FIFY Tom

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-12-12 06:43|| 2019-12-12 06:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Yeah, trusted until you were exposed.

Posted by Bobby 2019-12-12 07:33|| 2019-12-12 07:33|| Front Page Top

#8 "Your honor, my client didn't recklessly and maliciously defame the plaintiff and destroy his reputation for professional advantage and financial gain. 'Social media' did that."

Posted by Lex 2019-12-12 08:24|| 2019-12-12 08:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Journalists stopped being trusted when they stopped being journalists.

Posted by JohnQC 2019-12-12 10:44|| 2019-12-12 10:44|| Front Page Top

#10 We are actually coming full circle. Once upon a time the maxim was "Believe half of what you see (with your own eyes) and nothing of what you hear (read in print, radio, TV, gossip, etc.)"

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-12-12 14:09|| 2019-12-12 14:09|| Front Page Top

#11 "Your honor, my client didn't recklessly and maliciously defame the plaintiff and destroy his reputation for professional advantage and financial gain, he did it because the plaintiff is conservative."

Posted by rjschwarz 2019-12-12 14:34|| 2019-12-12 14:34|| Front Page Top

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