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>A cynic might suggest this 'panic' over the working class losing their jobs has a lot more to do with the middle classes losing theirs. There's much to be sai
by someguydave 10y ago
>A cynic might suggest this 'panic' over the working class losing their jobs has a lot more to do with the middle classes losing theirs.
There's much to be said for this point of view. Certainly since the 90's in the US most of the manufacturing jobs have gone to Mexico or overseas. Those that remain tend to be higher skilled jobs. It didn't seem to be an issue worthy of much official news promulgation until the Midwest became important as a vote bank...
- internaut 10y agoOne of the major reasons for reforming the fourth estate is that they have crippled large numbers of people's metacognition. Fast news is like fast food. The television watching population's view of reality is impressionistic. Of course journalists will never consider that their enterprise would require reform. They are used to being the question makers and opinion formers. I suspect if we got rid of them all the world would be no worse off. People would communicate to each other as before and nothing of value would be lost. Perhaps less coordination of mind-share is what we need. Does anybody seriously believe our political systems improved with the availability of 24 hour news? Perhaps our political leaders should not be available on camera at all. I don't see what the argument is that more journalism and televisual display somehow made politics better. It made it more theatrical and less practical. How was that supposed to improve governance? tldr; They don't like it up 'em.