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> It is remarkable to see (in this age of the internet) the huge gap between what the media believes about the present vs. what is more likely based on the far
by HellDunkel 3y ago
> It is remarkable to see (in this age of the internet) the huge gap between what the media believes about the present vs. what is more likely based on the far deeper amount of information made available on the internet.
So "the media" has no internet?
> Society is made up of many parallel subcultures, and only a very small group of them keep journals, write, or otherwise record history. That group appears to be mostly disconnected from the nuts and bolts of what is actually going on technologically, politically and economically.
Is the fact they write or record history stopping them from digging out those real deep youtube videos about the truth behind everything?
> It has always been understood that history was unreliable, but the collapse of media credibility as we gain access to primary sources stands as a stark warning of just how little we really know about the past.
Did "the media credibility" collapse in that very moment when you found out that the pentagon was behind 9/11?
- marcosdumay 3y ago> Did "the media credibility" collapse in that very moment when you found out that the pentagon was behind 9/11? That's a funny question to ask, because a huge amount of people on the US lost confidence on the media exactly because most of them conspired to lie to the public about Iraq's WMDs shortly after 9/11.
- HellDunkel 3y agoEven funnier: most US citizen were pro Iraq war first, then embarrassed, then looking for someone else to blame...
- esafak 3y agoI don't remember the embarrassment stage. I think it went from pro-war to forgetting about it. President Obama said it himself: "we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards".
- joenot443 3y agoI’m curious, are you deliberately avoiding the very obvious implication that “most US citizen” only felt that way because of CNN/Fox messaging? I feel like you’re remembering this timeline pretty poorly. Were you living in the US at the time?
- HellDunkel 3y agoIf you choose to be mad at cnn/fox that is probably not irrational. Just dont go about blaming every media outlet for secretly cooperating with the goverment and question yourself first. I was not living in the US then and i remember attending an anti irak war protest. The media info i got at the time was that the us policy was foolish and likely to destabilize the entire region. I guess the media here was right then. I for myself thought getting rid of saddam and creating a democratic irak was desirable if not easily achievable- i was not sure what would be best to do.
- amanaplanacanal 3y agoI don't think they conspired to lie, they just reported the information they were getting from the government. They didn't have any way to independently verify any of it.
- marcosdumay 3y agoThe information they got from the government was literally ridiculous. Outside of the US it was more reported on comedy shows than on the news.