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I would love to see a spirited and challenging debate here. I won’t hold my breath though :-) There are many merits to more news outlets hitting the public dia
by simplecto 6y ago
I would love to see a spirited and challenging debate here. I won’t hold my breath though :-)
There are many merits to more news outlets hitting the public dialog.
I think we need more investment not just in news but in search and social platforms.
I would go so far as to argue that bifurcation is more beneficial than a unification.
Because unification seems to lead to monopoly, and that’s not good for anyone except the monopolist.
- happytoexplain 6y agoI think "more news outlets" kind of omits the interesting part of the story (the part in the headline).
- Arnt 6y ago"More news outlets" you say. That prase includes the word "news". without saying anything about what "news" is. Traditionally that's factual, correct information about new developments in some geographic area or other part of the world. The Trump that spews 50 lies per day isn't going to open an company that's restricted to or even focused on factually correct stories, so I think it's wrong to call that a news outlet, even if Trump himself does so. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/13/president-trump-has-made-more-than-20000-false-or-misleading-claims/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/13/president... for example. If you want to argue that opening a fifty-lies-per-day streaming site is a good idea and fine for the world, by all means do so. But please don't call it news.
- JohnTHaller 6y agoYou're assuming Trump is creating a "news" outlet. Given Trump's... strained... relationship with the truth, that seems unlikely.
- simplecto 6y agoI would say all media outlets strained and stretched relationship with the truth. Trump did not appear out of thin air. The out-of-touch media and politicians created this phenom.