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Does this seem like a reasonable compromise?

Any high-profile "journalists" who either

(A) engaged in Iraq War-apologism during both the Bush and Obama years; or
(B) ever supported the Iraq at any point, and pushed "Russian collusion" at any point

ought be placed before a firing squad.

This strikes me as a huge win-win proposal for everyone but those who would be executed. Pros:

1.) We snuff out a good number of people who've proven repeatedly that the fates of millions mean little to them compared to their own team-sports attitude to political ideology, and who've devoted their professional lives to convincing others to become as deranged as they are.

2.) We do so in a way that sends a strong reminder about the true purposes of journalism, and might well prevent decadent conditions like those which have prevailed during the "cable news era" from arising again for quite a while.

3.) Both the Democrats and the Republicans who are retarded enough to remain in an abusive relationship with mainstream media will still get to keep the least-reprehensible of their talking heads.
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Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
What about the NY Times, which has done both?

"Mr. Blix and Dr. ElBaradei cannot be left to play games of hide-and-seek. This is not like Washington's unproved assertions about an alliance between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. There is ample evidence that Iraq has produced highly toxic VX nerve gas and anthrax and has the capacity to produce a lot more. It has concealed these materials, lied about them, and more recently failed to account for them to the current inspectors. The Security Council doesn't need to sit through more months of inconclusive reports. It needs full and immediate Iraqi disarmament. It needs to say so, backed by the threat of military force." —from a Feb 15, 2003, editorial, "Disarming Iraq"

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/15/opinion/disarming-iraq.html
Keraunos · 36-40, M
@Thinkerbell Yep, I had already considered that many of its contributors will make the list.