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Fundamentally, I agree with you except: - That assumes the situation is presented without an agenda or - at minimum - a disclosed agenda. - That the coverage
by caseysoftware 7y ago
Fundamentally, I agree with you except:
- That assumes the situation is presented without an agenda or - at minimum - a disclosed agenda.
- That the coverage is an accurate - and preferably complete - summary of the situation.
- And that it's clear which details are facts vs assumptions vs conjecture vs conclusions vs whatever.
Unfortunately, we have few of those things at best. There are many ways to be informed, the current media is not a good, useful, or productive way to do that on just about any topic.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoAlso, additional assumption: that most of the news is in any way actionable or even relevant to your life. In vast majority of cases, it isn't. People don't read the news to be informed (otherwise they wouldn't tolerate the ridiculously low journalistic standards of today). They consume news because it gives them stuff to talk about with other people. Whether or not the stories are true is irrelevant, as long as everyone hears the same stories. The psychological cost of these stories is, however, unaccounted for.
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