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The problem with the strategy you describe is that if too many people use it, politicians can just openly lie about what's happening in the world and what they'
by daveFNbuck 7y ago
The problem with the strategy you describe is that if too many people use it, politicians can just openly lie about what's happening in the world and what they're doing about it. A voter who has identified with a party and is no longer interested in learning the facts has no way to correct for this.
- awb 7y agoPerhaps, but there are usually people in positions of power that care and for better or worse probably have more influence than the general electorate.
- TallGuyShort 7y agoDo politicians who openly lie about what's happening in the world and what they're doing about it get corrected? Now THAT would be news.
- daveFNbuck 7y agoYes, it happens all the time. There are many news websites that track and correct lies made by public officials.
- mg794613 7y agoI think he meant more in terms of "big media" instead of "you can find the actual truth if you go to these places"
- TallGuyShort 7y agoI also meant in terms of effect. Yes, you will find things exposed in various media outlets. But if I turn on CNN during a Republican presidency I see people on the edge of rage-quitting life and if I turn on Fox News during a Democratic presidency I see McCarthyism is alive and well. And if I do the opposite I see literal propaganda. I don't think most of their viewers are really looking for truth but are basking in deep, echo-ey pools (or sensory deprivation chambers, if you please) of confirmation bias. There are far better news outlets, and I agree that press and media need to exist and be free for the purpose proposed above, I would just argue that in the most popular media, that isn't really what's happening for most of their audience, and I personally am far happier not seeking out mainstream news myself because of how sensationalist and biased most of it is. I'll eat my hotel breakfasts and airport snacks somewhere other than in front of the complimentary TV.
- effsey 7y agoIt's not a strategy, it's a choice to be happy. I don't have control over other people, and I don't want it.
- daveFNbuck 7y agoThere's a simpler solution if you don't want to exert control over other people. Don't vote.