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These "fact checkers" are nothing more than a means for big tech and big media to push their increasingly authoritarian "progressive" narrative. Until more peo
by kyleblarson 5y ago
These "fact checkers" are nothing more than a means for big tech and big media to push their increasingly authoritarian "progressive" narrative. Until more people realize this and just walk away from FB and other platforms it's going to continue. There's hope though, look at the relative readership / viewership of independent journalists and podcasts relative to mainstream media. When CNN has a clip of a reporter standing in front of a bunch of burning buildings with a chyron that reads "fiery but mostly peaceful protests" even the dimmest among us has to see that they are not a news organization. There are plenty of examples for every other mainstream media outlet as well.
- lostcolony 5y agoAh yes, the complaint of "progressive big media". You know the first time I decided a media outlet was pushing an agenda? When Fox News famously asked its audience as it went to break if Obama's fist bump was "a terrorist fist jab". This isn't a "progressive" narrative; it's whatever narrative fits the interests of the company. Sometimes it's progressive, such as when it comes to social issues. Oftentimes it's conservative. I've yet to see CNN etc laud unions, higher taxes on the rich, universal healthcare, etc, even in stories they were reporting on where it would make sense (such as the high cost of private healthcare, or times it didn't cover something ludicrously expensive for someone because reasons, etc)
- kyleblarson 5y agoI anticipated the typical "But fox news but fox news but fox news" which is exactly why I added the last sentence to my comment.
- finite_jest 5y agoThe "complaint" is on point. Most of the major US mainstream media outlets are indeed biased in a particular direction. See for yourself: find a list of major news outlets [2] and check their political leanings [3][4]. Fox is mostly an outlier. You could perhaps argue that they are more "woke" than "progressive". [1]: And many other institutions, see https://richardhanania.substack.com/p/why-is-everything-liberal https://richardhanania.substack.com/p/why-is-everything-libe... [2] e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=News_media_in_the_United_States&oldid=1060446870#Major_news_sources https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=News_media_in_the... [3]: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/ [4]: https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-ratings https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-ratings