It need not be dirt cheap, vulgar and poisonous.
People can and do have multiple tastes in a free society.
Newspapers may pander to them ranging from in-depth analysis to superficial skimming of unfolding stories as seen by each.
What none is allowed is to take up the unelected role of 5th power. Unruly, unaccountable, ever ready to prey on anyone deemed public persona.Or simply anyone who might make a big hit and run story that sells while it lasts.
To then, most often than not, play out a disgustingly overblown distortion - if not omission - of any relevant facts.
It has long been a double-edged sword, a mirrored game that has often caught up with many a politician in their rise as well as in their downfall.
How lowly is some press willing to go in their relentless quest for readership?
Should I say more to the point advertising instead?
In the midst of added competition and falling circulation?
Current scandals prove that a line must be drawn clearly setting out what is acceptable from that which definitely is not.
This is mainly about self-imposed rules of decency as I do not expect much from watchdogs who never seemed bothered at all!
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