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Why is this relevant to the discussion?
by slinkyavenger 13y ago
Why is this relevant to the discussion?
- sage_joch 13y agoBecause a big part of these stories is how they are being spun and downplayed by the corporate media. Reddit is one of the few places in which such stories (concerning the loss of individual rights and government checks and balances) can still reach a large audience. And /r/news is one of the few remaining default subreddits that is relevant to such stories. For it to be deleted right as it is about to reach the front page is concerning, because we need an informed public now more than ever.
- kunai 13y agoAFAIK the post was deleted because of a misleading title.
- n09n 13y agoSure, but is presenting sensationalized articles to online echo chambers really getting us closer to an informed public, or further away?
- cheald 13y agoTechnically speaking, isn't Wired "corporate media"?
- sage_joch 13y agoTechnically yes, and so is Reddit. I need a better word to describe organizations like CNN, MSNBC and Fox that make concerted efforts to divide and distract. Maybe I should have just said "cable news".
- specialist 13y ago"Corporate media" is a term which refers to a system of mass media production, distribution, ownership, and funding which is dominated by corporations and their CEOs. It is sometimes used as a term of derision to indicate a media system which does not serve the public interest in place of the mainstream media or "MSM," which tends to be used by both the political left and the right as a derisive term. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_media http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_media
- cheald 13y agoNow explain to me why Wired doesn't fit that definition.
- specialist 13y agoNo contest. I don't read Wired. Too corporate.
- cheald 13y agoHaha, okay. I misinterpreted the Wikipedia quote as a correction of my original comment. Sorry!