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It feels as if we are living in an age where we are more polarised than ever before.\u00a0 Extremism is the fashion in an ugliness where no middle ground seemingly survives.\u00a0 Classic liberals are now conservatives and traditional conservatives are labelled fascists in this ugly dispensation where the insane dominate and normal people are isolated, even made to feel like freaks – how dare you present a logical argument based on facts?\u00a0 Oh, and by the way, facts are whatever you say they are; alternative or otherwise.<\/p>\n
The role of the media is more important than ever before.\u00a0 Crucial even.\u00a0 The Fourth Estate have always been the guardians of the truth, the fighters for factual freedom to flourish and the consummate pseudo-secret agents exposing the villains on their airwaves and pages, physical, web or otherwise.\u00a0 Or has it always been that way?<\/p>\n
Journalism is about reporting what, when, where, why and how it happened, and who was involved.\u00a0 It can be as simple as “Mrs Smith’s dog was rescued after becoming stuck in a tree outside her house on Wednesday”, or juicier like, “President Trump’s tax returns indicate mass fraud and evasion and will be investigated by the FBI next week.”<\/p>\n