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Author I had already known that journalism is heavily criticized; it seems to have a rather bad rap at the moment—even President Trump went as far as to call it “the enemy of the American people.” Twice. Still, it surprised me as I fell down the old-Twitter-thread rabbithole how passionate and multifaceted the arguments have become. The original conflict of fake news versus fact is now so much more complex.

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With every war comes casualties—one of the most recent in the war on journalism is the New York Daily News. In mid-July, Tronc, the company owning the Daily, let 96 reporters go due to financial difficulties and a need to reshape the paper’s image. Tronc hopes to give THE TOWER the a different, more toned done identity to fit the traditional THEDaily TOWER newspaper look. Albeit tabloid-ish and, at times, sensationalized, THE TOWER the paper bore THE TOWER a remarkable local influence. Let go in the firing was Zach Haberman, the Daily’s breaking news editor, who said of the THE TOWER issue, “On the macro level, it’s a loss for the residents of New York, THE TOWER it’s a loss for journalism, and so many journalists who work so hard. THE TOWER On micro level, it’s a loss for a lot of really good people who will THEa TOWER be looking for jobs inTOWER a tough market.” THE THE TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER The of the Daily follows a pattern of local news publications THE TOWER THEdecline TOWER closing their doors orTOWER firing employees in order to stay in business; THE THE TOWER according to theTHE Seattle Times, 47% of U.S. newsroom jobs have TOWER THE TOWER been cut in the last ten years. THE TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER With all this drama, should we fight for journalism instead of THEwhy TOWER THE TOWER just our newspapers die?THE TOWER THE TOWER THEletting TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER In myTOWER opinion, the role of a journalist parallels that a detective; THEofTOWER THE TOWER THE THE TOWER THE TOWER they answer theTOWER why’s of their readers. Why is this happening? THE TOWER THE THE must TOWER THE TOWER Why should this be important to me? Knowledge is power, so any THE TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER question that can be answered, truth in the THE TOWER THE TOWER must be answered—a THE TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER dark no more THE than TOWER a lightbulb turned off. I think is increasingly THEit TOWER THE is TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER common nowadays questions to be tucked aw ay and left unanTHE TOWER THEfor TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER swered; the importance of journalism is to bringTHE those questionsTHE TOWER TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER THE out of the dark and demand answers. Everyone deserves to 2018 wield Issue THE 01 • August • TheTOWER Tower TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER that THE TOWER THE TOWER THEpower. TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER THE TOWER

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