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Its almost as if people are so distrusting of the MSM they are more interested in reading alternative sources, even if most of those sources are also flawed. I
by errantmind 5y ago
Its almost as if people are so distrusting of the MSM they are more interested in reading alternative sources, even if most of those sources are also flawed.
I don't blame them for turning their backs, I also have zero trust in MSM's ability to report the facts without unacceptable levels of political bias, although I'm not turning towards 'right wing' sources as my alternative.
This is a symptom of a greater schism in society and won't be fixed by tech censorship, fact checking, nor algorithm tweaks. This isn't some small minority of people who can simply be squelched.
The more they tighten their grip, the more people will slip through their fingers.. eventually to decentralized, uncensorable platforms. When that happens people will really start to regret these centralized platforms acting as the arbiters of truth and misinformation as these people will now be out of reach and even more prone to radicalization.
I predict the current approaches being used to censor and silence people on the internet will be viewed as one of this century's greatest mistakes.