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I think that bad establishment news and "fake news" being relevant at the same time isn't a coincidence. The lack of trust in the establishment news sources ope
by orblivion 10y ago
I think that bad establishment news and "fake news" being relevant at the same time isn't a coincidence. The lack of trust in the establishment news sources opens a market for alternatives. However working outside the establishment is inherently the Wild West, so what you're going to get may well be even worse on average. But it's very important to keep around because some of it will be much better for certain topics, and it'll at least keep the establishment in check.
- colordrops 10y agoExactly. I'd be worried if sources like The Real News Network or The Intercept got erroneously lumped in with "fake news".
- rokosbasilisk 10y agoHas the intercept been labeled fake news? I knew greenwald had harsh criticisms of the american media.
- colordrops 10y agoNo, they haven't. I'm just responding to the parent post saying that I hope they don't get caught up in the storm and labeled as such.
- edblarney 10y ago'Fake News' is not an 'alternative'. It's literally fake. 'Pope endorses Trump' - fake. 'Trump molested three children from Texas' - fake. 'Americans invade Canada' - fake. There's a problem with 'actual fake news' not just 'biased news'. CNN - despite it's bias - is still mostly a decent news site. Go to CNN.com, Fox.com, MSNBC.com - and look at ALL of the links. It's mostly just boring, factual news.
- orblivion 10y agoI acknowledge that. The problem is that at the fringes there's news that will be labeled as fake by some and not others. If that stuff gets censored that's a huge problem to me, to the point that I'll accept the clearly fake news, while we think of a better way to deal with it.