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Sorry, I'm not sure how this is a reply to my comment. Can you clarify?

• rbanffy 6y ago
  The right to say something is not to be confused with the right to be paid to say something. In fact, monetization creates a perverse incentive to prioritize financial gain over informing the public.
  • disgruntledphd2 6y ago
    So, the central point (or one of them, at least) of Manufacturing Consent is that news/media organisations are shaped by what advertisers desire, such that the reporting is mostly friendly to a capitalistic worldview. This is 100% analogous to what Google are doing with respect to demonetising youtube videos, and troubling for exactly the same reasons.
    • rbanffy 6y ago
      Isn't it troubling that the videos are not created to inform, but to keep the audience paying for them?
      • disgruntledphd2 6y ago
        Yeah of course. But I'm not sure what else one would expect, given our societal structure.
        • rbanffy 6y ago
          If we can remove one perverse incentive at a time, it's still progress, but i agree that, without punishment for misinforming the public, and it's delicate to draw lines there, the problem won't go away.