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Assuming everything is made up seems sensible. But your assertion “journalism is an entirely dead art” is far too broad to possibly be true. Surely there are
by erikpukinskis 8y ago
Assuming everything is made up seems sensible.
But your assertion “journalism is an entirely dead art” is far too broad to possibly be true.
Surely there are some people doing proper journalism. I don’t see how you could stand by your claim.
- zaroth 8y agoIf I have to approach every "news" story with the assumption that it's fiction, then the bad apples have indeed spoiled the bunch. If we must inoculate ourselves against being informed by news, then news loses its ability to inform. It's like a solipsism.
- erikpukinskis 8y agoI see it as an arms race. Your previous approach, “blind trust” stopped working because it has been exploited. Now you need to take a sample of facts to check to decide which journalists can be trusted. That can be exploited too, but the exploit won’t be necessary until that sampling process is automated and widespread. At that point you will need to escalate further. But your alternative—believe nothing you read—is cutting off your nose to spite your face. If you stop reading nonfiction you will be seriously hampering your ability to compete.