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Your experience might be different, but that in no way makes what I said misleading. I have personally seen how a newspaper will misreport or tactically omit a
by msravi 4y ago
Your experience might be different, but that in no way makes what I said misleading. I have personally seen how a newspaper will misreport or tactically omit a piece of information to advance a government or powerful group's viewpoint, only to be outed on twitter. And I can only marvel at how we would have swallowed that as the whole truth just a few years ago!
- the_other 4y ago> And I can only marvel at how we would have swallowed that as the whole truth just a few years ago! I enjoyed my teen years through the 90s. Some people had 24hr TV news, but very few had the internet or newsgroups for news. At that time, I found it pretty easy to find and hold skeptical viewpoints. The pace has changed since then. The detail comes much faster, and inflections change more rapidly. It’s society, education, and exposure to alternative viewpoints that sows the seed of critical analysis. Technology just changes the rate it happens.
- DubiousPusher 4y agoReally? I found that in the 90s people had stiflingly homogenous viewpoints. Most people were spoon-fed the same highly packaged narrative from the big 3 broadcasters.
- seydor 4y agoPolicing is much quicker now. Urbanization makes it easy to identify "dissidents" and shut down voices. Sure, manipulation always existed, but as technology evolves, it is becoming increasingly difficult to even hold your dissenting opinions private.
- InCityDreams 4y agoYup. Just the other day on twitter - WaPo: 'Woman dies after four abortions in a year..', commentator added 'C'mon wapo, add the rest..."because her husband made her, because he wanted a boy".'