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>what's going on in journalism programs around the country that is allowing for so much unabashedly propagandist content to be pushed out under the guise of "jo
by IIAOPSW 5y ago
>what's going on in journalism programs around the country that is allowing for so much unabashedly propagandist content to be pushed out under the guise of "journalism"?
It takes two to tango. People get propagandist content because they willingly consume propagandist content. They like it. If people really wanted to be informed, they would watch C-Span all the time and the usual networks would be relegated to niche interest.
- ethbr0 5y agoC-Span makes my brain cry. In the words of Obama (paraphrased from Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee), when asked about how smart people in Congress are: 'You've got good people on both sides. You've got a lot of foolish people, but you've got some smart folks too.' ... Unfortunately, everyone gets equal time to speak.
- acituan 5y ago> People get propagandist content because they willingly consume propagandist content. They like it. More like that content creates engagement and ad money, and people respond to it even though they feel worse. (Not exclusive to news, social media too) By the way people also like hyper-palatable processed food and that doesn’t mean we get to ignore the material consequences of the obesity epidemic.