The Rise of Busybody Journalism

In “see for myself” reporting, individual sentiment crowds out institutional facts

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Sep 6, 2018 · 5 min read
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By Max Read

Last week, The Wall Street Journal published a YouTube video in op-ed form. I call it a YouTube video not because it’s a literal video — that might have been better — because its concept is immediately familiar to anyone who’s tumbled…

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