Alterman: Journalism Obsessed By 'Crap'

The Nation's Eric Alterman spoke to a journalism school audience about the sorry state of American media "professionals." According to him, "the ambitious journalists out there are not trying to discover the next Watergate or the next My Lai," they're trying to be the next Tucker Carlson.
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