Traditional media face contradictory demands that make competent truth-telling punishable.

Evidence

The guardians of traditional journalistic values are in something of a no-win situation these days. As they watch their market share erode in the face of the increasing popularity of opinion-based, sometimes unedited, content they are taken to task for being biased even when they are doing their best to uphold the truth. If they call the president a liar (even when he is lying), they are criticized. If they disregard the contribution of “skeptics” on scientific debates, they are accused of telling only one side of the story. Is it any wonder that some in the mainstream press and television networks wish they could go back to the “good old days” when journalistic values were championed and their authority was respected? — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 177

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The goal of objectivity is to facilitate truth, not equal time. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 164; Broadcasting faces a vicious double-bind between credibility and criticism from power.; Media face a double-bind between credibility and elite backlash over dissenting voices — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 875 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Broadcasting faces a vicious double-bind between credibility and criticism from power. #expands (0.85)
• Broadcasting’s need for credibility traps it between consensus and its critics #corroborates (0.85)
• Media face a double-bind between credibility and elite backlash over dissenting voices #expands (0.82) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 875
• The culture industry predetermines discourse so that truth itself becomes implausible. #qualifies (0.75) — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia, 122
• The broadcasting debate revealed the constraints that normally govern media invisibly. #exemplifies (0.72)