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All media is necessarily biased because it can't show everything. Ideally we'd weight what we consume by its truth value and build up a multi-dimensional pictur
by barrkel 10y ago
All media is necessarily biased because it can't show everything. Ideally we'd weight what we consume by its truth value and build up a multi-dimensional picture of reality.
We're living with a president who believes that reality is defined by what's on TV, and that by controlling the narrative, you can control what's perceived to be true.
In this mindset, truth in media is irrelevant. What matters is the story the media tells, and if it's in your favour it's good, if it's not it's "biased". Since all media is biased, it's easy to tell the "bias" story; you just pick out the bits of the story that are missing, or overly stressed, or the tone, or whatever.
It's an easy game to play.