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The facts that support one's narrative are the most important. Mainstream media 101
by lando2319 8y ago
The facts that support one's narrative are the most important.
Mainstream media 101
- tux1968 8y agoBret Weinstein talked about his direct experience with that in a recent appearance in Vancouver. How left-leaning and right-leaning publications reported his story differently and to varying degrees of accuracy. He suggests it's exactly because of the underlying narrative of each side. https://youtu.be/bz0oxIZ3xIg?t=311 https://youtu.be/bz0oxIZ3xIg?t=311
- remyrylan 8y agoI agree that all mainstream media, no matter if it's on the right, the left, center, government owned or not -- it's all full of bias to push the narrative each organization cares about. Maybe 5% of the news reported is worth paying attention to, the rest may as well be garbage.
- fvdessen 8y agoThey put the narrative people want to read about. Have you seen what's on the clickbaity ads ? That's what people click on ! Most people want garbage.
- remyrylan 8y agoVery true. I internally weep for humanity every time I use a browser without ad block.
- lamename 8y agoAnd often lacks nuance or historical context. I can't blame people for wanting to avoid complexity, that's why headlines exist, but there will always be information left out. Even from more honest reporting. I understand why but it still saddens me.
- dang 8y agoMaybe so, but please don't post unsubstantive comments here. Especially not generic ones on ideological topics. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html