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I think it’s harder to find, though. The lack of gatekeepers means there is a lot more garbage too. We don’t know yet how this will all turn out. Do we have fa

I think it’s harder to find, though. The lack of gatekeepers means there is a lot more garbage too. We don’t know yet how this will all turn out. Do we have faith in our fellows to sort through and find the good stuff, or do we assume they will mostly get sucked in by the best propaganda? Of course we always assume that we can tell the difference.

wolverine876 3y ago
> I think it’s harder to find, though. There is a much higher volume of trash and a much higher percentage of trash, but it's still not hard to find the quality reporting. There are a lot of surveillance-infested messaging apps, but whether there are zero or 10,000 of them, it's just as easy to install Signal. For news, there's the NY Times, Financial Times, Washington Post, ... PBS NewsHour is effing amazing. Also the AP, NBC/ABC/CBS, Reuters, AFP, BBC, etc. Who can read them all? I don't need to worry about the mountains of trash. > Do we have faith in our fellows to sort through and find the good stuff, or do we assume they will mostly get sucked in by the best propaganda? Well, I do have to worry about it because lots of people do get their news from trash (partly due to certain forces demonizing jouralism along with anything else that stands in their way), and their misinformation has an enormous affect on my life and the world. Misinformation is the primary cause of climate change, as an example - seriously: no misinfo, no climate change problem. > Of course we always assume that we can tell the difference. Yes, of course. The moment you start thinking that, you're the sucker, a walking talking mark. You, not me, that is. (just kidding)