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I actually think "informed-ness" peaked about a decade ago. The rise of fox news, partisanship and "alternative facts" etc has reduced the amount of actual, fac
by LatteLazy 3y ago
I actually think "informed-ness" peaked about a decade ago. The rise of fox news, partisanship and "alternative facts" etc has reduced the amount of actual, factual information the average person has since then (maybe before that too).
The golden age of information is behind us.
- JackFr 3y agoSo 25 years ago Fox News was a legitimate and reasonable news source. It had a slight right editorial bent which distinguished from the other networks and they drew a decent audience, to sone extent because of that. They later drifted a little further right, I believe as a business strategy. But I think they completely went off the rails when they realized they were competing with Facebook and not CNN and just began full on selling outrage.
- Kye 3y agoPeople are surprised every Presidential election to learn Fox News' election desk is one of the most reliable. I think 2020 might have been the last where it isn't compromised.
- AlexandrB 3y agoI don't have hard facts, but this feels incorrect. As someone who remembers 9/11 and the run up to the Iraq War, Fox News was already happily selling fear and outrage back then. Perhaps the level of hyperbole has changed, but not the basic strategy.
- coffeebeqn 3y agoIt’s easy to blame Fox News for everything but it’s really the internet that scaled it all out to where it’s hard to know what to trust
- LatteLazy 3y agoFox is shitty. But it's just giving people what they want in a system where that is rewarded. Personally I think we just have to wait out a generation who lack the skills for fake news etc until they gently die out. Then we can go back to facts and expertise 90% of the time.
- coffeebeqn 3y agoThat’s the optimistic case. I wouldn’t be surprised if everyone lives in their own niche reality in 20 years. With just a few common sets of facts