I noted this story a week ago....pausing over it, and analyzing.....the2025 World Press Freedom Index (RSF) assigned the USA to position 57 (out off 180 countries).
I pondered over this....there's seven problems.
First, the business plan that most newspapers had in the1960s/1970s....has failed. Somewhere in the 1980s....folks stopped reading a daily paper.
Second, the 1990s solution of bundling up dozens of newspapers....selling them off, and having one real producer of 'text'....gave folks more reason to end reading. Folks wanted local stories or state stories....not so much national politics.
Third, as local TV stations took over public attention.....these stations also got bundled up, and their news content (for locals) became less, and less.
Fourth, no one hindered ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, MSNBC, or CNN....they all continued their 'slant' on news, and fewer people seemed to watch.
Fifth....basically the same story for WaPo and NY Times.
Sixth, podcasts caught on.
Press freedom? You can print anything you desire....but if folks won't read it, or pay for it....what good is it?
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