Comments on: The "problem" with independent journalism... http://thetarpit.org/2023/the-problem-with-independent-journalism "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:22:49 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2023/the-problem-with-independent-journalism#comment-7248 spyked Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:15:24 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=496#comment-7248 Almost three years have passed since I wrote this, and with them, the so-called activity of "journalism" has continued its slow march down the proverbial drain. Just to take a quick look: BuzzFeed News is gone, Vice Media is (thankfully) kaputt, and meanwhile CNN, BBC et al. aren't faring well <b>at all</b>. This only goes to show that beyond the usual propaganda to tell the common man <a href="http://thetarpit.org/2022/on-wills-wonts-and-lack-thereof" rel="nofollow">what he ought and oughtn't think about things and matters</a>, journalism has pretty much run its course. As far as civil matters are concerned, Twitter and the likes are just as good as any other medium; while from a military point of view the fog of war is so thick that not even the proverbial machete helps any. When all is said and done, we have always been at war with Eastasia. Almost three years have passed since I wrote this, and with them, the so-called activity of "journalism" has continued its slow march down the proverbial drain. Just to take a quick look: BuzzFeed News is gone, Vice Media is (thankfully) kaputt, and meanwhile CNN, BBC et al. aren't faring well at all.

This only goes to show that beyond the usual propaganda to tell the common man what he ought and oughtn't think about things and matters, journalism has pretty much run its course. As far as civil matters are concerned, Twitter and the likes are just as good as any other medium; while from a military point of view the fog of war is so thick that not even the proverbial machete helps any. When all is said and done, we have always been at war with Eastasia.

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