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>This is kind of like saying "I have a slight bias against maps because one sent me in the wrong direction." Maps giving the wrong directions is an accident.
by robswc 3y ago
>This is kind of like saying "I have a slight bias against maps because one sent me in the wrong direction."
Maps giving the wrong directions is an accident. Journalists deliberately misleading for the benefit of their career/company is not an accident.
And continuing the maps analogy for the misinformation in finance, I would question the value of a map that often was entirely incorrect.
>People need a way to know what's going on in the world.
Why do people need to know what's going on?
I mean this genuinely because I have tuned out from national news, like buzzfeed, for a long time and it has only had positive effects on my life.
- fireant 3y agoI'm in the same boat as I haven't read or watched the news deliberately for years. The important stuff is going to get through to me anyway. But people need to have an option to know. You need access to information for healthy society, even if you mostly don't consume it. News is information, even the articles you posted.
- robswc 3y ago>You need access to information for healthy society, even if you mostly don't consume it. News is information, even the articles you posted. I don't disagree that people should be able to post news, 100% they should post whatever they want. I just don't understand who the news is for. It seems to be news for the sake of news. If almost everyone could live their lives without the news and remain largely unaffected, what is the point of it? Why not have niche sites handle the topics vs national outlets?