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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
The media's job isn't to educate.
Every news source today has said "the Supreme Court upholds the right to bear arms" and gave a quick shpill. Then they went on to discuss the vote and how this is "good news for gun rights advocates."
For people who don't require more info than that, they won't read the decision (not even a little bit) and all they will know is that the right to bear arms was upheld.
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I agree that most people won't read the decision, either because they don't care that much about it, or they think they're getting the whole story from the media reports.
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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