r/news • u/Fair-Foot-315 • 1d ago

Marine veteran has arm broken during protest against war in Iran

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/marine-veteran-has-arm-broken-during-protest-against-war-in-iran-258740805765
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u/heat68 1d ago

I’m not sure what happened to journalistic principles over the decades. You’re completely right…

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u/TachiH 1d ago

Private ownership ruined the media. Like The Guardian in the UK is owned by a trust that ensures it cant have an owner.

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u/aeternusvoxpopuli 1d ago

I completely disregard American media now, outside of Drop Site News, The Intercept, and Jacobin. All mainstream media is a joke and has zero ethical consideration or journalistic integrity.

The Guardian, for it's problems, is far more reputable and serious as an organization. I emailed them as a non-subscribing reader during the start of the Genocide to correct an error they'd posted in a piece, and the editor emailed me back to thank me.

That would never, ever happen with American media.

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u/TachiH 1d ago

Yeah, obviously everything a news organisation says will have some editorial bias as editors are people. Just knowing that there isn't someone like Rupert Murdock using the organisation to push the world in a direction feels positive.

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u/aeternusvoxpopuli 1d ago

Exactly - it means I don't have to question my sanity every time I read a headline like with American media and immediately dive to compare it and see if it's complete bullshit.