What are the issues when news is a business?
- Has media produced “truth fog” caused people to simply side with their tribe?
- What is the consequence when people choose biased information sources?
- Should journalists report “both sides” of all disputes, or call-out lies and report only facts?
- What would be the impact of not reporting “lies infected” election rallies?
- What would be the impact of not reporting “lawn pronouncements,” now used in the place of daily press briefings?
- What would be the impact of not reporting incessant “tweets,” now used instead of official statements?
- What is the consequence when media increasingly focus on celebrity and ads?
- What is the impact when journalist celebrities become the story?
- Should media organizations be expected to fund literacy education in schools?
Larry D. Lauer 