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The credence people give to podcasters with no credentials whatsoever is frightening. Broadcast news has to at least attempt some modicum of truth, but podcasts
by bongodongobob 3y ago
The credence people give to podcasters with no credentials whatsoever is frightening. Broadcast news has to at least attempt some modicum of truth, but podcasts are a free for all. The number of recommendations I've gotten for so and so podcast "it's really interesting!" that spews half truths and complete bullshit is alarming.
- add-sub-mul-div 3y agoIt doesn't help that traditional news sources have (understandably) lost trust over the decades, but the solution is to improve that. Not to abandon institutions with a history of legitimacy for those that never even tried to be about anything but profit and grift.
- dragonwriter 3y agoWhat if the “history of legitimacy” is largely just an illusion that was created by the fact aligned institutional bias, rather than any actual virtue compared to things that it is often contrasted to?
- add-sub-mul-div 3y agoWhat if people didn't virtue signal extreme cynicism, confusing it for for skepticism?