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> …it’s factually true and relevant to the context. this is factually true? what exactly is a “coastal media type”?
by toofy 4y ago
> …it’s factually true and relevant to the context.
this is factually true?
what exactly is a “coastal media type”?
- zmgsabst 4y agoLarge US news companies have their staff largely in areas like California, New York, etc. because US media conglomerates are concentrated in those areas. Eg, WarnerMedia who is the parent company of CNN — a news agency that’s undergone substantial cuts under a new CEO due to its bias.
- toofy 4y agocould you expand on this a bit?
- zmgsabst 4y agoIn what way? My experience of WarnerMedia is that they have politics among their staff reflective of the cities they’re in, but which may not reflect the overall demographics of the US. Eg, their Seattle office had politics at place in Seattle — but those are far left of most US politics. That bias impacts the choices made about content. This matches other peoples experience and apparent business decisions — eg, the other poster referring to this same bias and CNN experiencing a sharp drop in ratings followed by corporate restructuring under a new CEO.
- toofy 4y ago> in what way expand on how this in any way shows that a "...chorus of coastal media types..." (again, still waiting for a definition of this) are somehow factually "...asking for people they disagree with to be prevented from speaking in any public forum"
- zmgsabst 4y agoSorry — I didn’t realize you were being disingenuous. I don’t believe you’re sincerely unaware of the calls to censor misinformation in media; and we literally just explained which media companies based in politically biased bubbles we were discussing. Have a great evening!
- toofy 4y agoim trying to understand what is being argued here. the person i responded to said it was a fact that "a chorus of coastal media types" are "asking for people they disagree with to be prevented from speaking in any public forum" the comment said this was a fact. and i still don't think thats a fact. now in this comment you say they're sending "calls to censor misinformation in media"--then sure. are you implying that journalists should be forced to report misinformation? and if they choose _not_ to report misinformation, they're censoring?
- cxr 4y agoFrom the last comment by the other person, it sounds like they're not going to answer. I'll answer for them (at my peril): > "calls to censor misinformation in media"[...] are you implying that journalists should be forced to report misinformation? No, they weren't saying that. > and if they choose _not_ to report misinformation, they're censoring? Also no.
- adgjlsfhk1 4y agoif you expand that etc a little bit you'll see the problem. cities in coastal states are pretty close to a majority of the population.
- rsj_hn 4y agoI would say someone living in a specific media bubble. Politico has an article about this with some data: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/25/media-bubble-real-journalism-jobs-east-coast-215048/ https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/25/media-bub... Pew has done a study recently on this as well: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/07/13/u-s-journalists-differ-from-the-public-in-their-views-of-bothsidesism-in-journalism/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/07/13/u-s-journal...
- toofy 4y agoneither of these at all show that a "...chorus of coastal media types..." (still waiting for an honest definition of this) are "...asking for people they disagree with to be prevented from speaking in any public forum."
- rsj_hn 4y agoYou asked for the definition of "coastal media" type and got one. You need your own definition of "chorus" or whether it applies in a given context. I'm sorry you don't think the definition is "honest" -- whatever can that possibly mean? It's the definition. You may not like the word, but even words you don't like have definitions. Even dishonest slurs have a meaning, they are not random sounds, even if you don't like the meaning. I suspect you are feigning ignorance.