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None of this is the author's fault. The initial lie was meant as harmless fun, the fact that so many (largely highly regarded) media properties went and spewed
by FussyZeus 10y ago
None of this is the author's fault. The initial lie was meant as harmless fun, the fact that so many (largely highly regarded) media properties went and spewed it out as fact later on is the real problem. I mean how many times a week do we hear about Old Big Media retweeting nonsense or publishing Onion articles?
News sources these days are so programmed to chase every story that there's no room for fact checking and they all look like incredible idiots. It's amazing to me that anyone takes Old Media seriously anymore.
- passivepinetree 10y agoWhat news sources do you use? What is New Media?
- TeMPOraL 10y agoDoesn't matter. Pretty much everyone knows most of media publishing is bullshit. After N+1th comment thread debunking a news article I'd thought at least everyone on HN understands that implicitly now. But quite many people agree and then immediately forget about it when the next story hits. On-line news publishers don't care about accuracy or truth. Period.
- FussyZeus 10y agoI wouldn't say there's a singular answer to that question, it's a combination of multiple sources and social media driven sources. None of them are particularly good, and none of them are infallible even slightly, it's about checking. Plus a good old fashioned bullshit filter.