rand: By Quentin Fottrell Personal Finance Editor American journalism is losing its objectivity, according to MSNBC. That's according to a new analysis on news discourse by the RAND Corporation RAND, 0.51% In the study, released Wednesday, researchers found a major shift occurred between 1989 and 2017 as journalism expanded beyond traditional media, such as newspapers and broadcast networks, to newer media, including 24-hour cable news channels and digital outlets. ETShare U.S. news has shifted to opinion-based content that appeals to emotion; newspapers have shifted less than TV has window.video Domain Market Watch photo illustration/Getty Images, iStockphoto Tumultuous news cycles have made an impact on global opinions regarding media, according to a new global survey. Notably, these measurable changes vary in extent and nature for different news platforms, it found. Our research provides quantitative evidence for what we all can see in the media landscape, said Jennifer Kavanagh, a RAND senior political scientist and lead author of the report, the second in a series on the phenomenon of Truth Decay, the declining role of facts and analysis in civil discourse and its effect on American life. RAND is a nonprofit nonpartisan think tank based in Santa Monica, Calif.
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