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I think the Media the-boy-who-cried-wolf itself. There are scares all the time and people grew (rightly) indifferent. Imagine a responsible media that's not ou
by air7 7y ago
I think the Media the-boy-who-cried-wolf itself. There are scares all the time and people grew (rightly) indifferent.
Imagine a responsible media that's not out looking for click grabbing headlines all of a sudden mentioning a would-be pandemic...
- belltaco 7y agoCan you mention a few scares that you mention that happen "all the time" ?
- Natsu 7y agoWorld War 3 supposedly started in January by some accounts, but is nearly forgotten now. What's some mystery flu in China got on that as far as headlines go? Sure, we can answer this with a bit of hindsight, but it's amazing how quickly we forget even wildly incorrect predictions.
- thombat 7y agoCan you expand on thst WW3 reference - it's not a story that made the rounds here.
- dgritsko 7y agoI think they are referring to the killing of Qasem Soleimani and the subsequent retaliation [1]. [1]: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/United_States_military_kills_Qasem_Soleimani https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/United_States_military_kills_Qa...
- Natsu 7y agoIndeed, there were a lot of people going on about WW III, a draft, etc. It's a bit harder to find good examples now that the hype has faded and the results get buried on Google, but here are a few samples - https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/01/03/some-fear-world-war-three-after-death-of-soleimani-n2558883 https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/01/03/some-... https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/01/04/could-strike-an-iranian-general-trigger-draft-selective-service-explained/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/01/04/... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/07/youth-needed-channel-their-anxiety-into-something-they-chose-world-war-iii-memes/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/07/youth-nee...
- belltaco 7y agoCan you show some predictions of World War 3 imminently happening by news sources? Say CNN.
- Natsu 7y agoLook down thread, I linked to a few WaPo articles. I was on Google news in January and you'd have thought that WW III was already started.
- ntsplnkv2 7y agoYou're right. A fair, unbiased media is key for western government as we know it. There is so much misinformation everywhere, and it has been exacerbated by the internet. It's not hard to see why many distrust the media these days. And that's extremely problematic.