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If you think these news sources are all operating under the same amount of good faith, then I think the disinfo campaigns have succeeded. I see quite a bit of
by edmundsauto 6y ago
If you think these news sources are all operating under the same amount of good faith, then I think the disinfo campaigns have succeeded. I see quite a bit of daylight between Fox and CNN.
- TheAdamAndChe 6y agoThe legitimacy of those networks are definitely still in question. I remember during the 2015 primaries, CNN got the nickname "Clinton News Network" because of the incredible amount of bias they showed. It seems to have only gotten more extreme (on both sides) since then. Not to say that it was an ad hominem attack. The comment above was extremely relevant and got to the point.
- ceilingcorner 6y agoUnfortunately I don’t see much difference anymore. CNN used to be the gold standard, but they have fallen into the partisan trap just as much as Fox. They just do a better job at presenting a polished viewpoint.
- adamsea 6y agoI don’t think that is true. I’m not defending CNN, I’m calling out Fox. Fox is pretty bad. Really bad.
- jcadam 6y agoIf you ask me, Fox News, aside from its evening opinion-based shows, has been moving toward the center since Ailes left. And CNN's home page looks more like an anti-GOP blog than a legit news site these days. Given that CNN was once my go-to news source back in the day, it's just sad. I remember when all the major news sites, including Fox, covered essentially the same stories, albeit with a different spin.
- adamsea 6y agoWhat is your point? What are you trying to say? Fox and CNN are not the same, whatever flaws CNN does have.
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- edmundsauto 6y agoHow are you evaluating this?
- ceilingcorner 6y agoBy watching a variety of news sources over the past four years?
- edmundsauto 6y agoNot meaning to attack you, but is it fair to say that your evaluation is entirely subjective? Disinformation campaigns aim to change your lens of how you view, process, and store those evaluations. The experience you have can also be explained by having your heuristics changed from disinfo.
- RonanTheGrey 6y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24818637 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24818637 Seems relevant to that response. NONE of the news agencies are good faith actors anymore. It's all infotainment to the last atom. I mean, that's itself the subject of the linked blog post. It's ok to recognize this. It's healthy to recognize this. It doesn't mean you wasted your time watching CNN (or Fox), it means you learned a valuable life lesson, one that vaccinates you against the next attack on your attention.