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These days, the cycle with the fake news is long gone by the time anyone knows any facts. The facts arrive too late. The clicks have been clicked. The damage
by myfavoritedog 5y ago
These days, the cycle with the fake news is long gone by the time anyone knows any facts. The facts arrive too late. The clicks have been clicked. The damage has been done.
The media moves on to its next money-making event. No real repercussions are to be found.
- sennight 5y ago> The damage has been done... No real repercussions are to be found. Their reputation is totally destroyed and they're so emotionally shattered that "learn to code" is a bannable offense on twitter... repercussions. Still waiting on those Russian piss-tapes.
- threeseed 5y ago> No real repercussions are to be found This is simply not true. Almost every day media around the world are subject to libel lawsuits. Recently, Newsmax and Fox News were sued by Dominion Voting Systems and their employees and Meghan Markle sued Daily Mail for publishing personal letters. And most of the respectable news organisations still abide by the core tenets of journalism e.g. multiple, vetted sources.
- meragrin 5y ago> And most of the respectable news organisations still abide by the core tenets of journalism e.g. multiple, vetted sources. And which ones are those?
- adgjlsfhk1 5y agoThe ones that don't claim that no reasonable person would take them seriously when someone sues them for defamation (Fox has done this multiple times).
- myfavoritedog 5y agoEvery opinion host out there uses this defense when the inevitable suit is levied. https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/12/28/rachel-maddows-defense-to-oan-defamation-lawsuit-is-that-on-air-statements-shouldnt-be-considered-fact-869161/ https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/12/28/rachel-maddows-defen...
- bourgwaletariat 5y ago"Respectable news organizations" is a logical fallacy called "no true scotsman."