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Originally, "the press" referred to the members of the media that use the printing press -- newspapers, magazines and books. Now that even newspapers have online versions, I think the usage has gotten blurred. "
- Originally, "the press" referred to the members of the media that use the printing press -- newspapers, magazines and books.
- Now that even newspapers have online versions, I think the usage has gotten blurred.
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Originally, "the press" referred to the members of the media that use the printing press -- newspapers, magazines and books. Now that even newspapers have online versions, I think the usage has gotten blurred. In many cases the words would be used interchangeably, but my guess is that newpaper journalists might resent television people being referred to as "the press."
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"The press" is print media." "The media" includes radio, TV, the internet, billboards, etc. - every medium of communication (skywriting?).
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As a followup, it should be noted that in the last few years, the expression "the media" has come to indicate not so much the physical means by which information is transmitted to the public, as the power(s) behind the dissemination of information. Thus the ultra conservative Rush Limbaugh (no offense, Goodman) delights in referring to "the liberal media" as "the drive-by media," o
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