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The linked article is pretty interesting: > found a pattern of [Polymarket] sharing false and misleading information https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/techno
by tantalor 1mo ago
The linked article is pretty interesting:
> found a pattern of [Polymarket] sharing false and misleading information
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/technology/polymarket-social-feeds-falsehoods.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/technology/polymarket-soc...
They don't have much to say about Kalshi other than "unlike real mainstream journalism, there’s no accountability". Which isn't saying much, because nobody is claiming prediction markets are a type of journalism.
- freejazz 1mo agoThis website has been full of people that say it's better than journalism, so I don't think you're really capturing the entirety of the dynamic
- handoflixue 1mo agoJournalism is one particular way of trying to learn about the world. Academics are another, the scientific method is a third, and so on. Claiming that something is a better way to learn about the world is NOT the same as claiming it is using a specific method, or part of a specific tradition.
- consensus1 1mo agoAnd I hope nobody is claiming that mainstream journalism has any accountability
- jmull 1mo agoI do. I’m open to being convinced, but if you’re claiming mainstream media has no accountability, I think you need to substantiate that. I realize there are information bubbles on the internet where this is accepted as truth, but unexamined. Nonsense is everywhere on the internet. I’d be curious how you’d substantiate this.
- stronglikedan 1mo agoYou can just watch or read the mainstream news for a few days and see for yourself, really. They may not outright lie that much, but they constantly lie by omission - all of them. And when they are called out, it's like screaming into the void since they just ignore it and carry on their merry way. Hence, very little if any accountability, and usually because the people that rely on these sources aren't the ones calling them out, and so refuse to believe they were lied to since it challenges what they think they know.
- jmull 1mo ago> You can just watch or read the mainstream news for a few days and see for yourself, really. I read mainstream news, but I don't know what you're referring to. It's not like they are perfect, but I do see accountability when they screw up.
- nekooooo 1mo agoi'm guessing that by your definition almost nothing has any accountability
- Alex3917 1mo ago> nobody is claiming prediction markets are a type of journalism. James Surowiecki wrote an entire book essentially saying otherwise.
- nateglims 1mo agoJames Surowiecki has been dismissive about these prediction markets actually meeting the criteria for the Wisdom of the Crowds.
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- cft 1mo agoNo accountability in their doublespeak means no partisan interest, no lobby prescribing how to spin the news. This is what they (and the downvoters here) don't like.