The Los Angeles Times‘ Tim Rutten asks a question about how the media will be viewed when they cover this year’s presidential elections in a piece entitled “How far will media slide into partisanship?” Since election years typically bring a lot of viewers to television, radio and print news, we can expect viewers to have an eagle-eye on the media. Rutten wonders if the accusations of bias in the media and lack of trust by the public will continue to drive down the value of the press by America’s citzens. I wonder if the number of eyeballs combined with the possibility of blatant partisanship will be one of many nails in the coffin that contains the public’s trust for coverage outlets.
Oh, and did you notice the pointedness in the title of Rutten’s article?
