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I don't think we really want a centralized entity deciding what is "honest, fair, and equitable". I think what we want to do is reduce the incentive for media t

• naravara 7y ago
  >I don't think we really want a centralized entity deciding what is "honest, fair, and equitable". I think what we want to do is reduce the incentive for media to be dishonest. I'd be interested to hear ideas about how to do the latter in ways that don't, de facto, do the former. At some point, someone, somewhere is making a decision about what counts as "dishonest" and someone else somewhere will need disagree with them. Even if that decision is made by some algorithmic or emergent process from defined procedures, that still means a decision is being propagated.
  • aalleavitch 7y ago
    Media as it stands is highly motivated by profit, it has to build a dedicated viewership, and enflamed emotions and viewpoints you already agree with sell much better than honest reporting. By far, I think the most even-handed media are things like PBS and NPR. If we had a large ecosystem of independent non-profit news organizations I think we would be far better off. If we were to rather limit which outlets are allowed to advertise themselves as "News" to only non-profit organizations that have to be completely transparent about all of their funding and directorship, I think it would go very far towards fixing our current situation.