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I think this is sort of like asking why the Catholic Church lost the trust of Northern Christians. Yeah, there were some specific actions taken by the Church th
by keiferski 6y ago
I think this is sort of like asking why the Catholic Church lost the trust of Northern Christians. Yeah, there were some specific actions taken by the Church that led to the seeds of the Reformation...but ultimately the printing press and a long-growing trend of secular power is what actually caused and maintained the larger historical process.
In other words, in a world where the Internet exists, it was inevitable that established media powers would eventually erode away and lose their position as sole arbiters of information.
- threatofrain 6y agoI’m not sure because most people don’t consider fake reviews or sponsored Reddit posts or YT people to be part of story, thus I feel they will underestimate the degree to which narrative is manipulated.
- galaxyLogic 6y agoExcept there is no Pope of Media. There is no single party controlling it all. A real problem however is monopolies. That is why we need laws that stop companies from becoming monopolies. That is why we need regulation. Personally I think the lawsuit against Fox about mis-information they spread about voting machine manufacturers is a great remedy and will help restore public's faith in the system. It is not that all media are equally bad in spreading mis-information. Some are clearly worse than others. How do we know that? Lawsuit(s) will prove that, beyond reasonable doubt.
- keiferski 6y agoI’m talking about the diffusion of technology undermining established information sources. The outcomes of lawsuits are not really relevant to the average person.
- galaxyLogic 6y agoIf Fox News is ordered to pay billion(s) in damages that is big news which should reach even the "average person". Yet maybe not the average consumer of Fox news. Such news would be highly relevant to the average Fox News customer because it would tell them that Fox has done something quite bad, caused damages worth billion(s) by spreading misinformation. It is relevant to the "average person" because it clearly tells them something about the trustworthiness of the news they get from Fox every day. But whether that news will reach them is a different question. Therefore I think part of the remedy should be to order Fox News to tell their viewers about the outcome of the lawsuit more than once to make sure it reaches all their customers.
- keiferski 6y agoPeople get sued for huge sums of money all the time. No one cares, and if they do, it lasts a week at most.