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am I the only one who sees this as progress? the people are belatedly realising that 'the news' is not the neutral reporting of events, but the manufacture of
by hunglee2 4y ago
am I the only one who sees this as progress?
the people are belatedly realising that 'the news' is not the neutral reporting of events, but the manufacture of information products for commercial or political gain. That it has always been this way will be the next step of our realisation.
we need a new model of revenue, new model of media ownership
- superchroma 4y agoIt's a mixed bag. As news reporting has draped itself with science reporting where convenient, some people are also concerningly skeptical on science matters as well. The trouble, in my view, is that what I would personally consider to be responsible and proportional news reporting is a fuzzy definition that is colored by my biases. Regardless, I would like to see a higher standard of average education for people in the west, particularly Americans, so that they're better equipped to do things like reason about the news they do encounter rather than accepting everything as gospel when they hear it.