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> "People are saying XYZ" - because some random person on Twitter said it. But it was ever thus - except now there is at least a random person on Twitter sayin
by zimpenfish 7y ago
> "People are saying XYZ" - because some random person on Twitter said it.
But it was ever thus - except now there is at least a random person on Twitter saying it rather than it being made up in the newsroom.
> They're creating narrative
Literally every media since the dawn of time has done this - it is, I think, impossible to write an objective report of something -that people will then pay for-. (cf Jim Sterling's parodic objective reviews on YouTube as an example.)
> I'm tired of having to read everything with a huge dose of cynicism
That was always required for any media. It always will be. People buy/found media companies to further their agenda; not out of the goodness of their heart.
- smsm42 7y ago> except now there is at least a random person on Twitter saying it rather than it being made up in the newsroom. How do you know that person is not sitting in the same newsroom? Or the next one?
- zimpenfish 7y ago> How do you know that person is not sitting in the same newsroom? Or the next one? You don't but the "person on Twitter said XYZ" at least has a (flimsy) verification test attached to it - search on Twitter, see if you find it. Now, sure, maybe Fred from the next office over posted it after they concocted the story at lunch but the timestamp and age of the account betrays that. Also if it's an egg avatar or has a name like 'madeup9384874'. No, it's not perfect but at least there is -some- way of potentially verifying that someone, not the reporter, said this.