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"Deciding what does and does not legitimately belong within
the national debate is -- no way around it -- a political
act. And yet a pervasive belief within the press is that journalists
do not engage in such action, for to do so would be against their
principles. As Len Downie, former editor of the Washington Post
once said about why things make the front page, 'We think it's
important informationally. We are not allowing ourselves to think
politically.' I think he's right. The press does not permit itself
to think politically. But it does engage in political acts. Ergo,
it is an unthinking actor, which is not good." -- Jay Rosen,
Audience Atomization Overcome: Why the Internet Weakens the
Authority of the Press, 2009-01-12
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