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Audiences are "parainformed": not informed about the really important (but "boring") topics and not necessarily told lies all the time, but fed data that appare

Audiences are "parainformed": not informed about the really important (but "boring") topics and not necessarily told lies all the time, but fed data that apparently seems relevant, but in fact is a lot of noise with a hint of signal (for the sake of advertising profits). A solution is not following the news, but rather reading expert insights about current events (root causes of massive inmigration, drug wars and the involvement of three-lettered federal agencies, deregulation of private healthcare and higher education, etc.)

mschuster91 7y ago
> A solution is not following the news, but rather reading expert insights about current events (root causes of massive inmigration, drug wars and the involvement of three-lettered federal agencies, deregulation of private healthcare and higher education, etc.) But... but that would lead to the public turning against those responsible for these things. Cannot let that happen! Sarcasm aside: there is an insane amount of money and profits involved and I am not sure how a publication that delivers proper journalism is supposed to be financed. The funding needs to be massive to account for headcount as well as legal defense, a lot of advertising to tell people about its existence, and it should not be ads (create an implicit threat on the publication to not report on those who book ads), philantropists (people rich enough to fund a newspaper are exactly those people that should be investigated) or taxes (politicians can cut these at any moment)...