Wtf you're a fucking journalist it's literally part of your job to investigate your government
But my boss who donates to those politician says there is no need! He regularly has dinner with them, so he would know...
Fuck that's a legendary reply. I'm mad that I was never the one to make it.
Herman and Chomsky did all that work for Manufacturing Consent when really they just had to ask the journalists: "Hey do you ever investigate government claims to see if they're true or are you the most credulous rubes imaginable?"
So much wasted effort.
Turns out bougie journalists ain't all evil conspirators but just incredibly dense dipshits
Two ancient Hittites debating. "Do you really think the high priest would lie to us?"
"Well, the Egyptian priests lie to their people."
"That's different. They honestly think Ramses is a God. Egyptians believe anything their priests say, unlike us."
