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This chapter offers a different perspective on the causes and consequences of Blumler and Gurevitch’s (1995) notion of a “chronic state of partial war” between journalists and politicians. Instead of claiming that journalism’s freefall is due to a festering “post-truth” sensibility towards politics, it urges scholars to look more deeply at institutional contexts. Specifically, based primarily on the US political climate, it argues that a post-truth sensibility is situated within a post-compromise political culture that brooks little cooperation or agreement across partisan divides, and which encourages and even abets starkly different views of the facts interwoven into political debates about public issues. Immersed within a post-compromise political culture, US mainstream news must navigate three crises: verification, strategic communication, and accountability. In adapting to a post-compromise political culture, US journalism is able to offer small yet perceptible ways forward, rather than strictly reflect the corrosive politics it is bound to cover.

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The Crises of a Denigrated Press in a Post-Compromise Political Culture

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    2025年

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  • Paul D’Angelo,
  • Erik P. Bucy

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This chapter offers a different perspective on the causes and consequences of Blumler and Gurevitch’s (1995) notion of a “chronic state of partial war” between journalists and politicians. Instead of claiming that journalism’s freefall is due to a festering “post-truth” sensibility towards politics, it urges scholars to look more deeply at institutional contexts. Specifically, based primarily on the US political climate, it argues that a post-truth sensibility is situated within a post-compromise political culture that brooks little cooperation or agreement across partisan divides, and which encourages and even abets starkly different views of the facts interwoven into political debates about public issues. Immersed within a post-compromise political culture, US mainstream news must navigate three crises: verification, strategic communication, and accountability. In adapting to a post-compromise political culture, US journalism is able to offer small yet perceptible ways forward, rather than strictly reflect the corrosive politics it is bound to cover.