Anchors Away: Media Profit Over Probity

Abundant facts coexist with fantasy. Alternate reality blurs truth, fuels news, social media, conspiracies.

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Reality is pure and factual, distinct from perception's speculation often spread by media and nostalgia.

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Media obsesses Republican search for coherent candidate, Trump focus pollutes content and coverage.

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After each election, journalism's responsible image is criticized for turning political coverage into spectacle.

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Daily talk dissects Christy, Ramaswamy's paths, polls replace racing forms, guiding speculative insights.

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Perception as fact fuels looped narratives, sustaining speculative blather until challenged within the loop.

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Unaware "better-than" attitudes hinder nuanced discourse, impeding democracy's issue-solving potential.

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Media's Trump indictment coverage hyped a sealed 7-count case, but was 30 counts off upon unsealing.

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