What passes for “journalism” today is so biased, and those who work in the field so unconcerned with balance - journlism ethics would seem to suggest the coursework might have a future in the School of Business Administration.
“Marketing 101”.
Journalism has always been biased, thank Heavens. That's its essence. The thing that's happened in the past 50 years or so is that the means of communication have been co-opted by one point of view -- the Left's. That was made possible mainly by TV, probably the most powerful means of political indoctrination ever invented.
But the process was well underway in pre-TV days as the Left began its long march through the institutions, including schools of journalism, weekly news magazines and the print media in general. When TV came along, Leftists immediately saw its political potential. They created powerful sinecures for themselves in publicly-funded TV, a socialist paradise, and moved to dominate the media in general, producing brainwashed J-School graduates to fill the jobs.
As we know the internet has upset their single-voiced power base. Briefly, at least, in its unregulated state it has given us an era similar to the time of Ben Franklin's "Poor Richard's Almanac" and other partisan broadsheets, where all points of view clashed for the public's attention. That was the "free press" the Founders had in mind.
As for what the schools of journalism will do when newspapers fall, the answer is obvious. Leftist "journalists" and political operatives are already working with Democrat cohorts in Congress to limit free speech. Their first major goal is the misnamed "Fairness Doctrine" to stifle conservative talk radio. Then they'll tackle free expression on the internet, using the power of government regulation. You can be sure future censoring legislation will carry feel-good names just the opposite of their repressive intentions. Like "Fairness Doctrine," for starters.