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I'm betting on the former. As dangerous as it is to basically blanket call the media liars as Trump has done, there are just enough cases of it being correct t
by axaxs 7y ago
I'm betting on the former. As dangerous as it is to basically blanket call the media liars as Trump has done, there are just enough cases of it being correct to keep you scratching your head. Journalism of today is little more than Gawker-esque trash. I feel sorry for the remaining good journalists, having their industry muddied so much.
- Reedx 7y agoExhibit A: Downplaying the concern and shaming the tech industry. This was 1 month ago: https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/13/21128209/coronavirus-fears-contagion-how-infection-spreads https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/13/21128209/coronavirus-fe... In general the media was strangely quiet about it until very recently.
- KirinDave 7y agoManufacturing Consent is a good book and I believe most of what's in it, but you should read the parts about the mechanics of it as opposed to assuming there is any unity or conformity in the production of News. It'd also a bit rich to be cursing at "the Media" for lying as the Executive and his most friendly media outlets just got done trying to play off the global pandemic as a liberal conspiracy nat CPAC.