First Things RSS Feed - Les Sillars https://www.firstthings.com/author/les-sillars en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:53:51 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/les-sillars 60 The Future of News https://www.firstthings.com/article/2019/03/the-future-of-news https://www.firstthings.com/article/2019/03/the-future-of-news Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500 For about a century, American journalism had a paradigm that positioned the industry as essential to liberal democracy: journalistic objectivity. It promised objective, reliable coverage of events that mattered to citizens regardless of partisan beliefs, and it was supported by a lucrative, ad-driven business model. The upshot was significant cultural authority and massive profits.

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