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Our information ecosystem is truly polluted. It's hard to find impartial journalism these days – or maybe it was always like that? I think that our willingness
by edmundo 7y ago
Our information ecosystem is truly polluted. It's hard to find impartial journalism these days – or maybe it was always like that? I think that our willingness to share content (without thinking) is exploited to spread disinformation.
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- makomk 7y agoEven this article isn't great, though it's obviously better than the hoaxes on social media. For instance, they start off the article with the claim that Brazil has seen a record number of forest fires in 2019 and a scary-looking graph of them increasing from 2013. They then follow up with a repetition of activists' claims that right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro is to blame. You have to scroll down several pages to the very end of the article before you find out that actually, the fire activity is close to average and 2013 was an unusualy fire-free year - and also many of the other countries in the region are seeing similar increases in the number of fires.
- lxhmj 7y agoIt's the BBC... what do you expect, quality?
- cameronbrown 7y agoNot really, they've had a slow and steady decline into becoming a tabloid over the past decade. That doesn't mean we can't hold a state broadcaster to a higher standard than others.
- meerita 7y agoQuality black Aquiles level :)
- Tycho 7y ago“this article isn't great” From your description, that seems like an understatement. If you cherry pick starting points to make s graph look dramatic and leave out crucial context so that readers will assume the worse, that’s not just “not great” it’s flat out fraudulent, manipulative propaganda.