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People do not trust Media because they are not trustworthy. Google and Facebook have appeared and taken all the advertising money that Media used to get. When
by bumbada 6y ago
People do not trust Media because they are not trustworthy.
Google and Facebook have appeared and taken all the advertising money that Media used to get. When Media started to get Internet, after the first wave of disaster, everyone could become a youtuber or podcaster and make most of the work they did much cheaper and better(instead of sending someone to Kenya now you could have Kenyan people directly talking).
So quality reporting basically disappears and Media companies are sold to the highest bidder, usually rich people that made their fortunes from the Internet like Jeff Bezos. In socialistic countries like Spain the Government pays hundreds of millions of euros in "institutional advertising" to friend Media.
As a result, those who own the media(owners, advertisers and politicians) push their own agenda against the interest of the readers, because the readers are not really supporting it, specially if the Media is free or very cheap.
It is interesting that flow of information is higher and you can get better expert access than ever, but usually is not free.
You can get the best books(and videos) of the entire world very cheaply with incredible information.
But most people eat the MacDonnals of information through media that actually gives them disinformation. Remember "Weapons of mass destruction"(never proved), "Rusia Interference"(never proved), early COVID reporting and so on.
- paul_f 6y agoIt is also possible that before the Internet, reporting was equally biased as it is now, we just didn't know it. In fact, it would have been easier.