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Not only is it painful to watch this, it's even more painful to think about how far we've fallen, and how quickly. It wasn't that long ago where most mainstream

Not only is it painful to watch this, it's even more painful to think about how far we've fallen, and how quickly. It wasn't that long ago where most mainstream US media sources could be trusted to provide insightful, fact-checked journalism.

clicks 13y ago
And yet I still think the reason it happened was not because of gov't intricately and carefully orchestrating things with great forethought, it happened because media corporations went after easy profit and found out that pandering to the religious right was an easy and worthwhile thing to do to bring in the money. Of course it isn't as if gov't isn't in on it, it is -- but not it ways that people think. They're doing it more subtly: "The major exception here is the Department of Defense, which has an ‘open’ but barely publicized relationship with Tinsel Town, whereby, in exchange for advice, men and invaluable equipment, such as aircraft carriers and helicopters, the Pentagon routinely demands flattering script alterations." http://www.globalresearch.ca/lights-camera-covert-action-the-deep-politics-of-hollywood/11921 http://www.globalresearch.ca/lights-camera-covert-action-the... http://original.antiwar.com/sean-a-mcelwee/2013/04/28/propaganda-and-censorship-the-hollywood-industrial-complex/ http://original.antiwar.com/sean-a-mcelwee/2013/04/28/propag...
vacri 13y ago
The internet killed fact-checkers. In order to beat the 24-hour news cycle, reports have to be done asap, and fact-checking just gets in the way. Removing fact-checking is just a risk management strategy, methinks, as sure you'll lose out from time to time, but overall you'll be so much faster!. I lament the loss of fact-checking, and it pains me to see errors in professional services that should be picked up be even first-year tertiary students.
- mattm 13y ago
  No, it's because the FCC eliminated the Fairness Doctrine [1] which lead to the rise of biased "news" channels in order to gain viewers. The Harper government in Canada recently eliminated Canada's version of this and I shudder what to think will happen 10-20 years down the line. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine
quattrofan 13y ago
Its been at least 20 years since that was the case, once large corps started buying up all the local TV, that was the beginning of the end.
jehovahrova 13y ago
Is this sarcasm?
jasonlotito 13y ago
> it's even more painful to think about how far we've fallen This has been going on for a long time. The difference now is that it's far easier to discover these issues. What's happening now in government has always been happing. I'm sorry, but the number of civilian drone deaths, as bad as it is, is quite low when you look at the history of the US. This isn't support one way or the other mind you. However, where you see how far we've fallen, I see how far we've come. It's still not right, but it's far, far better.

clicks 13y ago

And yet I still think the reason it happened was not because of gov't intricately and carefully orchestrating things with great forethought, it happened because media corporations went after easy profit and found out that pandering to the religious right was an easy and worthwhile thing to do to bring in the money. Of course it isn't as if gov't isn't in on it, it is -- but not it ways that people think. They're doing it more subtly: "The major exception here is the Department of Defense, which has an ‘open’ but barely publicized relationship with Tinsel Town, whereby, in exchange for advice, men and invaluable equipment, such as aircraft carriers and helicopters, the Pentagon routinely demands flattering script alterations." http://www.globalresearch.ca/lights-camera-covert-action-the-deep-politics-of-hollywood/11921 http://www.globalresearch.ca/lights-camera-covert-action-the... http://original.antiwar.com/sean-a-mcelwee/2013/04/28/propaganda-and-censorship-the-hollywood-industrial-complex/ http://original.antiwar.com/sean-a-mcelwee/2013/04/28/propag...

vacri 13y ago

The internet killed fact-checkers. In order to beat the 24-hour news cycle, reports have to be done asap, and fact-checking just gets in the way. Removing fact-checking is just a risk management strategy, methinks, as sure you'll lose out from time to time, but overall you'll be so much faster!. I lament the loss of fact-checking, and it pains me to see errors in professional services that should be picked up be even first-year tertiary students.

mattm 13y ago
No, it's because the FCC eliminated the Fairness Doctrine [1] which lead to the rise of biased "news" channels in order to gain viewers. The Harper government in Canada recently eliminated Canada's version of this and I shudder what to think will happen 10-20 years down the line. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine

quattrofan 13y ago

Its been at least 20 years since that was the case, once large corps started buying up all the local TV, that was the beginning of the end.

jehovahrova 13y ago

Is this sarcasm?

jasonlotito 13y ago

> it's even more painful to think about how far we've fallen This has been going on for a long time. The difference now is that it's far easier to discover these issues. What's happening now in government has always been happing. I'm sorry, but the number of civilian drone deaths, as bad as it is, is quite low when you look at the history of the US. This isn't support one way or the other mind you. However, where you see how far we've fallen, I see how far we've come. It's still not right, but it's far, far better.