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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Middle class kids with lots of loans don't become journalists nearly as often as their 1%er peers.[/quote]

And that impacts the breadth and quality of the journalism, and the ability of papers to serve the public interest.  Journalists who grow up in the 1%/Ivy League bubble don't have an understanding of what goes on outside it - which is why there are so many news stories expressing confusion about how bad consumer sentiment is when the stock market and employment rates are so high.  When you have never had to worry about your grocery bill or housing costs or credit card interest rates, and you have never really talked to anyone without a college degree (unless that person does manual labor for you), you are just not going to understand.[/quote]

Yes. Journalism has a huge class problem, inside and out. [/quote]
 
Well no one here is going to like this, but that’s basically the premise of Batya Ungar-Sargon’s book, “Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy”.   I think she nailed the issue, others may disagree.

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Not very smart to title your book something that guarantees that no one you need to persuade will take you seriously. But a good choice for grifting the confirmation bias crowd.[/quote]

If the shoe fits . . . [/quote]

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