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I think the problem is that people don't "know" the journalists largely anymore. I don't know how people trusted these journalists in the past, perhaps it was b
by erklik 5y ago
I think the problem is that people don't "know" the journalists largely anymore. I don't know how people trusted these journalists in the past, perhaps it was by following their work throughout years and seeing repeated truths. However, largely no-one is following a journalist today. How can I trust some random person? There are news sources, with seemingly qualified journalists that genuinely just "make up" news. If journalists are able to do that, who knows this wasn't the same?
If it's a valid, public source, well, even if you don't know the source, if someone is willing to put their name to the news, maybe it's more valid.
- bakuninsbart 5y agoNo, the large difference is the incredible amount of information we have available today. People back in the 90s or before had to rely on journalists to get any information. You simply did not get any information outside of your country bubble unless you actively travelled the world. Today this deception of journalists being generally competent is just not viable anymore, since people have way too many sources to fact check, and way too many bubbled to blop in.