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S4 E11: More Truth

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The Journalist Sin of Questioning Capitalism, Right?

John Sutter: In general, you see very little reporting that directly challenges the capitalist orthodoxy. Even in public radio, i've been told that capitalism is too ideological or too abstract to name. So if you're writing stories day after day that just assume the capitalist status quo is the only plausible, desirable option, that's not advocacy. That's objective. And we have news media that don't question capitalism as a kind of eternal, fixed foundation of this society,.

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