'''Journalistic malpractice''' is a term used to describe the field of [[journalism]] which has since the 1990's promoted its ideology through the use of omission and slander. It is attributed to people within the [[mainstream media]] and old-media, but not exclusively. Their failure as a group willfully misleads, manipulates and distorts the public.
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'''Journalistic malpractice''' is a term used to describe the field of [[journalism]] which promotes its ideology through the use of omission and slander. It is attributed to people within the [[mainstream media]] and old-media, but not exclusively. Their failure as a group willfully misleads, manipulates and distorts the public.
{{cquote|Reporters have fabricated facts or made up entire stories at some of the country's biggest newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and The New Republic.}}
{{cquote|Reporters have fabricated facts or made up entire stories at some of the country's biggest newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and The New Republic.}}