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Independent journalism maybe. But corporate journalism isn't a check on government or corporate power. The NYTimes doesn't check power, it represents power. It is power.

I think it is time people stop pretending news companies are any different from any other media companies. The NYTimes was created by one of the wealthiest bankers for christ's sakes.

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So they haven't broken any major stories about govt or corporate corruption in the last few years? They haven't published the accounts of whistleblowers?

Just the fact that they've been criticizing Facebook since before most of these scandals broke is proof that they're a check.

They're not perfect or without an agenda, but no human organization is. But they do make money and earn prestige from muckraking, so they do it. FB earns money from harming us in unnoticeable doses.

> The NYTimes was created by one of the wealthiest bankers for christ's sakes.

Modern example: Jared Kushner's father Charles bought The New York Observer just to get good press about himself to counteract all the illegal stuff he was doing (and was convicted of).

Kushner is now running the Trump White House, and is married to Ivanka Trump.

That's the "free press" for you!

Now let's see…who owns the Washington Post again?

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