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MSM are losing the status as the gatekeepers of dispensing news, boohoo. They have done that to themselves.
by ww520 10y ago
MSM are losing the status as the gatekeepers of dispensing news, boohoo. They have done that to themselves.
- uabstraction 10y agoWhile the traditional media has been asleep at the wheel for a long time now, I find myself incredibly worried at this juncture. Social media prevails over traditional media if - and only if - the system is not being abused. Unfortunately, it appears that social media is being manipulated in massive, shocking, unprecedented ways, which is why I believe Zuckerburg is going on his save the world campaign. The idiot opened Pandora's box[1], and now social media has become the instrument of data-driven electioneering and reactive targeted propaganda campaigns. We have hit a paradox in news publication. If we let everyone disseminate the news, we end up with Lord of the Flies esque cults surrounding every rumor. If we only allowed figures of authority to disseminate the news, we'll never know if a story was intentionally buried or misrepresented. There's no easy answer here. This is human nature. [1] https://www.scout.ai/story/the-rise-of-the-weaponized-ai-propaganda-machine https://www.scout.ai/story/the-rise-of-the-weaponized-ai-pro...