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"the media" indeed has a credibility crisis but I suspect the rise of alternative narratives about the world (social media) is the main factor behind rise of a
by hunglee2 1y ago
"the media" indeed has a credibility crisis but I suspect the rise of alternative narratives about the world (social media) is the main factor behind rise of a sense of generalised distrust, which I'm sure we're all feeling right now.
What we call 'truth' is really just consensus (hence the importance of cancelling / de-platforming / downvoting etc - techniques to secure that consensus) and narrative violations from competing versions of truth which are able to persist is deeply disturbing. We're going to have to get used it - certainty is one of things 'the media' once provided to us but will never be able to do so again
- ggm 1y agoI think the concentration of ownership in Murdoch and Bezos, and like, has not helped. C suite newspaper people have become more craven as the rewards rise. So we see pay-off to politicians for market access. That undermines trust from the top. I think the emergence of infotainment paid stories eroded the "news is something somebody doesn't want you to read" side. And I think the fusion of non journalist commentators and editorial meant we get slant and not as much facts.
- bediger4000 1y agoThe willingness of Bezos and Soon-Shiong (for example) to directly interfere definitely decreased trust. Reports are that WaPo lost 350k subscribers since Bezos' open editorial interference last year.
- dc396 1y ago> What we call 'truth' is really just consensus That is not what I call "truth". Consensus may (or may not) reflect truth, but it is not truth.