Journalism in America seems to be opinion pieces, either to reinforce what the readers already know or to infuriate them about what \\\’the other side\\\’ are up to.

PS. “Invalid sectiry code” is an easy typo to spot and fix…

Great questions. I think there are many culprits here but a primary one is the lack of critical thinking skills and disciplined, independent reasoning. The elements of such things are rarely stressed in elementary and secondary education these days. Students deficient in these areas then enter journalism schools at the higher education level where a statist mentality dominates the faculty (and where, not coincidentally, the state is the primary source of revenue, proving the old rule that he who pays the piper calls the tune). The result is journalists who can’t think or won’t think and don’t know how to question the statist orthodoxy they’ve been steeped in. They typically have read little or nothing of opposing, non-statist views so they often are oblivious to how silly and one-sided their perspectives are.

LWR