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Gotcha!—The High Cost of Hit-Piece Journalism

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Gotcha!—The High Cost of Hit-Piece Journalism
The late Sir Roger Scruton poses next to his portrait painted by the artist Lantian D at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Photocall at the Mall Galleries in London, England, on May 4, 2016. Ian Gavan/Getty Images
Paul Adams
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Mainstream media, while partisan (The New York Times hasn’t endorsed a Republican candidate for president in 50 years), used to take seriously its responsibility to inform its audience, to be professional, and to check its facts.

Paul Adams
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Paul Adams is a professor emeritus of social work at the University of Hawai‘i, and was professor and associate dean of academic affairs at Case Western Reserve University. He is the co-author of "Social Justice Isn’t What You Think It Is," and has written extensively on social welfare policy and professional and virtue ethics.
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