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Interesting. Maybe there is space for a newspaper that links to primary sources, with minimum commentary.

• bilbo0s 2y ago
  I can recall an article about the famous oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. It pointed out that millions watched Barack Obama opine on the situation. And further noted that millions watched a guy by the name of Bobby Jindal chime in as a sort of rebuttal/response to Barack Obama’s opinions. But during this time there was one channel CSPAN, that ran geological physicist, after petroleum engineer, after geological physicist to get their opinions. Needless to say, almost no one tuned in. All that to say, there is some evidence out there that even if such a newspaper were to exist, most of us wouldn’t read it.
  • mandmandam 2y ago
    > if such a newspaper were to exist, most of us wouldn’t read it. This isn't a reflection on humanity, but rather on the culture we live in. There are countries where people value higher quality media. They have better education, higher equality, more accountability in government and business, more diverse media ownership (not hard), etc. They are not perfect - that's not the point. Point is, there are many, many factors we can improve on before throwing in the towel. I really dislike seeing people blame the population for watching media that uses every psychological trick to blast bombastic propaganda and bullshit into people's brains from birth; it's truly victim blaming.
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