"The press is no substitute for institutions. It is like the beam of a searchlight that moves restlessly about… Men cannot do the work of the world by this light alone…cannot govern society by episodes, incidents, and eruptions."
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to me term/concept 'framing' usually suggests, not correct or incorrect, but particular lens or representation, sometimes motivated, conscious; sometimes not. Arguably, all we have are different framings of matters, no one of which alone is correct. As #WalterLippman said:
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It isn’t just President Donald J. Trump who fears and loathes the press. A large chunk of the voting public has discounted the so-called mainstream media to the point of presuming its entire output is partisan propaganda.
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In this episode, we wind up the story of the Radium Girls. And so, we no longer have glow-in-the-dark clock faces. #5 in a series. Reposted with permission.
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