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The real question is, why was "confidence in the media" ever so high? They have always been propagandists, since "the media" was whatever pamphlets and papers t
by h2odragon 4y ago
The real question is, why was "confidence in the media" ever so high? They have always been propagandists, since "the media" was whatever pamphlets and papers the local printer ran off. The rise of mass media with "wire services" and radio changed things only in that they began to advertise integrity as a value (without necessarily demonstrating it, there was some crossover betwixt them and the first radio preachers in developing techniques).
The billion voices of the internet may not make Truth apparent, but they make the shape of bullshit all too familiar for us to swallow it whole and unknowing.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoI think the methods of propagandists are enduring because it takes each generation a while to catch on. By the time they do, they're too old and uncool for the new kids to listen.
- snapcaster 4y agoI think it was a brief blip starting with watergate where people started thinking journalists were crusaders for justice instead of political hacks. I see this more as reversion to "normal"