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Balanced reporting of news during the election and of current president actions (for instance peace efforts in the Middle East) would probably have been a long
by tasogare 6y ago
Balanced reporting of news during the election and of current president actions (for instance peace efforts in the Middle East) would probably have been a long way to not give credit to the idea that "the system" is pushing a particular candidate. Some people are thinking their voices are being silented, so censoring actions taken by Youtube or Twitter (NYP incident) are not only an additional nail in the coffin, they are actual validation of the fact a whole political side is being canceled.
- throwaway894345 6y agoI actually agree that the media in general is shamelessly pushing a particular candidate (even though I also voted for that candidate), and that that has contributed significantly to the degradation of trust. I believe the media harmed its own cause (and also my cause) which is getting Trump out of office (which is to say I think--though I can't prove--Biden could have won more easily if the media simply let Trump discredit himself), but it also harmed our collective political health, and I hope Karma lays low those responsible. However, that doesn't excuse conspiratorialism. We still have a responsibility to find reliable trust channels and to sift through evidence, and when it becomes apparent that we're incorrect (e.g., when evidence is presented that weakens or invalidates our claims), we ought to admit our error and critically evaluate our sources who led us astray. To put a fine point on it, the media should have to answer for its sins, but those sins don't license the rest of us to behave badly.