re: #69 Decatur Deb

The function of the media is to sell dick pills, laundry detergent, and luxury cars. Always was. Media that don’t do those things become Ramparts or The Catholic Worker.

no, not “always was”.

In the days before radio, the function of newspapers was to sell newspapers. And in cities with multiple newspapers, to sway an audience to a particular political view. Advertising was a minor extra.