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100% on point! Every time I'm getting my oil changed or I'm at a doctor's office, they've got the news on in the waiting rooms and it seems like the whole worl
by chankstein38 3y ago
100% on point! Every time I'm getting my oil changed or I'm at a doctor's office, they've got the news on in the waiting rooms and it seems like the whole world is on fire and every house near me is burning and everyone is dying. Then I go live my life and everything is fine.
The reporting feels like it has no connection to reality. Yeah, the stuff happened. But that stuff just happens. Buildings catch fire, people die in car accidents, robberies happen, etc I just don't need to know about every single instance of it that happens on the surface of the planet.
- zug_zug 3y agoRight. I saw a flash animation showing that in many ways we live in the most peaceful and stable period in history (http://www.fallen.io/shadow-peace/1/ http://www.fallen.io/shadow-peace/1/). It was a shock to me because I felt like I had always been saturated with the idea that things are especially bad now. I do put the blame on media because when they report problems I feel they intentionally avoid establishing historical baselines.
- taeric 3y agoThis is particularly egregious in how racial news is covered. All the more so, as I'm pretty sure it is part of a feedback system that is actively making things worse. Which is not to claim that "racism is dead." But I don't know why you would amplify failures while silencing successes. Or, if you do, I don't know why you would be surprised to see more of what is amplified. :(