"We can and will debate in the years to come whether this is because we allowed local journalism to wither and die on the vine, or whether it’s because we allowed capitalism to swallow journalism, just as it swallowed state courts and local governments. We can someday debate whether we so fully blurred the lines between fact and opinion that we allowed voters to believe that their own opinions mattered more than agreed-upon facts. And we can discuss whether journalism finally shrugged its shoulders and gave up and became a reality show before or after the courts did. "

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/10/washington-post-harris-trump-bezos-endorsement-fail.html

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