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I believe in a quite majority that is perfectly capable of independent thought and self-awareness, but lacking news outlets they trust to give them anything but
by Pigo 9y ago
I believe in a quite majority that is perfectly capable of independent thought and self-awareness, but lacking news outlets they trust to give them anything but narrative. It could be the slow death of newspapers that led us here.
- maxxxxx 9y agoThe lack of newspapers they trust is just a consequence of political parties undermining that trust. You still can read the New York or Wall Street Journal and get enough information to form a reasonable opinion.
- mythrwy 9y agoI disagree. Media seems to me to have gotten much more sensationalist and click baity over the last decade and often really stretches the facts in interests of agenda. To be fair maybe they feel this is necessary to survive in the face of the internet. Trust is hard to establish but only takes an instant to break.
- maxxxxx 9y agoI agree that media has gotten more sensationalist. CNN for example is just horrible. But I would still say that it's not difficult to filter out real facts if you want to. Most people don't want to though.
- mythrwy 9y agoYa, true enough. Most people want to believe what they want to believe.