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Evergreen food fights (eg bias, partisanship) serve to distract from the base truth: Ad-based biz models (corporate media) do not hold power (elites) to accoun
by specialist 4y ago
Evergreen food fights (eg bias, partisanship) serve to distract from the base truth:
Ad-based biz models (corporate media) do not hold power (elites) to account.
Journalist David Roberts (https://www.volts.wtf https://www.volts.wtf) does deep dives on climate crisis and renewable energy. Here he explains why he couldn't do this work as an employee of corporate media:
David Roberts: The Transition to Carbon-Free Energy: A Story of Tech, Politics, & Community
Jay Kapoor (VSC Ventures) podcast Apr 23rd, 2023
https://youtu.be/RTQo_TID804?t=60 https://youtu.be/RTQo_TID804?t=60
TLDR:
Ads-based -> maximize audience & clicks -> publishers & editors aggressively dumb down content.
Per Manufacturing Consent, Chomsky's Five Filters model of Propaganda in a nutshell.