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Originally Posted by KSigkid
As to the media's job; I disagree that educating isn't part of it. In reporting on the news, and giving that information to the public, it is educating the public as to recent events. It's routinely taught in journalism school that, as members of the media, part of your role is to educate members of the public on issues that they wouldn't normally see or hear about.
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Difference in interpretation of what "educating" means.
I don't call what the news media (the type of news media that the average American accesses) does "educating."
Of course, journalism school would say that it is.