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Yeah, and I get why. However, journalists have an overly precious view of their profession and themselves. They are glorified gossip mongers incapable of objectivity and proper analysis. They assert things as true, and expect people to just give them the benefit of the doubt when they say, 'anonymous sources'.Sure but I doubt anyone would go on record to talk about the war right now. There's only so much we can know as of now and probably ever. But as you said it tracks with my thinking of how they're conducting the war.
This used to be effective. It's just the last few decades the mask has slipped off and now we are in a post-truth environment where half of what they write is obvious propaganda or propaganda mixed with truth. Nobody knows what to believe anymore, and the cynical political actors take advantage of this gray area.