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“Political news” very often consists of what Daniel J. Boorstin called “pseudo-events”, actions taken by people for the purpose of generating news. Today’s exam
by guscost 6y ago
“Political news” very often consists of what Daniel J. Boorstin called “pseudo-events”, actions taken by people for the purpose of generating news. Today’s example:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/18/politics/pelosi-stimulus-talks-election/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/18/politics/pelosi-stimulus-talk...
In a profound sense, most political news really is “fake news”.
- asdff 6y agoI think less 'fake news' and more like spitballing, personally. The article even ends in a 'could.' I think there is space for postulating on the implications of an event. We only see brief windows into what actually happens in discussions on capitol hill anyway, so idle speculation based on what we do see is expected.