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Tracking Policies & Investigative Stories: A society under great strain needs robust, unfettered journalism more than ever
Novelist William Kennedy told University at Albany grads that 25 percent of the people in their age group don't pay much attention to the press, which is deeply depressing, and dangerous. The press can be trivial, yes, and it's not always trustworthy. ..But despite fakery, plagiarism, distortion, lies, government secrecy and media stupidity, there is an ongoing communal drive in the American media -- print-press and broadcast -- to ferret out the truth. This is the single most valuable thing we can do to preserve a free society -- protect the right to know what's going on in our world -- argue for it, insist upon it, work for it.
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