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Name me a war the US entered that isn't World War II that wasn't coincident with a misinformation campaign published on dead tree legacy media. The truth is tha

Name me a war the US entered that isn't World War II that wasn't coincident with a misinformation campaign published on dead tree legacy media. The truth is that mass media IS edutainment at best and completely misleading fiction most of the time. You get to pick two: fast, cheap, and good/true. If it is fast and cheap it is fake. If it is cheap and true it will take time to attain. If it is true and fast, it won't be cheap to get the information.

r00fus 8y ago
National media is the problem there. Anything at that level is a target for misinformation campaigns. Local newsrooms are too many to thoroughly corrupt as easily as a national (or in the case of FB, international) media system. I'm not sure your "pick 2 of 3" is valid here. Do you have actual examples to support your hypothesis?
- j-c-hewitt 8y ago
  It's just an old saying that is basically accurate about any human endeavor that is used to deflate sham projects that can never succeed at their stated ends. E.g. "I'll build a hydroelectric dam in 24 hours that will power the whole state and it will cost $1." Local news is even more beholden to big local advertisers who dictate coverage. So few people actually care about local political news that even if you threw resources at it, you would not find that many people who cared enough to pay attention to it. C-SPAN's ratings aren't as good as almost any other cable network you can think of, for example, and the same theme is repeated in local news. People care much more about things like real estate, crime, arts&leisure, and fluffy health coverage.
gowld 8y ago
Why exclude WWII? US entered WWII via a false explanation of what caused the Pearl Harbor attack, and support for the war was kept aflout by propaganda.
- j-c-hewitt 8y ago
  Actual bombs were dropped on Pearl Harbor regardless of the historical questions about whether or not there was foreknowledge of the attack.

r00fus 8y ago

National media is the problem there. Anything at that level is a target for misinformation campaigns. Local newsrooms are too many to thoroughly corrupt as easily as a national (or in the case of FB, international) media system. I'm not sure your "pick 2 of 3" is valid here. Do you have actual examples to support your hypothesis?

j-c-hewitt 8y ago
It's just an old saying that is basically accurate about any human endeavor that is used to deflate sham projects that can never succeed at their stated ends. E.g. "I'll build a hydroelectric dam in 24 hours that will power the whole state and it will cost $1." Local news is even more beholden to big local advertisers who dictate coverage. So few people actually care about local political news that even if you threw resources at it, you would not find that many people who cared enough to pay attention to it. C-SPAN's ratings aren't as good as almost any other cable network you can think of, for example, and the same theme is repeated in local news. People care much more about things like real estate, crime, arts&leisure, and fluffy health coverage.

gowld 8y ago

Why exclude WWII? US entered WWII via a false explanation of what caused the Pearl Harbor attack, and support for the war was kept aflout by propaganda.

j-c-hewitt 8y ago
Actual bombs were dropped on Pearl Harbor regardless of the historical questions about whether or not there was foreknowledge of the attack.