HBO's 'Deadline Artists' relives the story of Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill, two renegades who did journalism the traditional way
News media today is increasingly characterized by its questionable biases rather than the caliber of its stories. With the advent of targeted analytics, coupled with the dawn of online social media, media houses tend to operate like any other business, with profit taking center-stage. Instead of gauging the world with a wide spectrum of ideas, our respective 'news feeds' are now mired with customized narratives, creating echo chambers, all with the intent of feeding what our respective biases crave for. So, you remain glued to the black mirror.
But no so far long ago, muscular print journalism was truly alive. The story of Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill is reminiscent of the glory days of newspapers. At a time when New York was broken, the Irish-American duo reminded the world not to mistake the city's people for its rubble.
