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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 09:59 AM Original message |
When did the title of "investigative journalist" become a joke? |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. I first noticed the change in the |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. when used to introduce Geraldo Rivera after 1985. |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. Maybe when they stopped adequately investigating? |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. When the corporate companies run by republicans took over the media |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. Great question |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's the partisan poser, not the term, that's a joke |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. It stopped when the news division had to become a profit center instead of a loss leader |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
8. In the 80's. Watch the movie: "Broadcast News" |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Apparently the writing was on the wall in the biz, because "Network" also was highly prophetic |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
10. Two things. The parasites that owned the networks removed the wall between the news & sales. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
11. When it became "sexy" |
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