While the internet is indeed amazing for its ability to fact check, the internet is not so great at putting facts in context and helping people understand how the pieces fit together. The information overload causes a lot of people to tune out all news, not knowing who to trust or how to reconcile facts that seem to contradict each other. Ideally people would have the time to read different perspectives and come to their own conclusions, but in our capitalist society where people are increasingly crunched for time and so many things demand our attention, a lot of people want someone to curate the news for them to put the facts into perspective. Traditional media are definitely flawed because they all have an editorial slant and they conveniently choose which facts they think their readers ought to see, but that's inherent in any outlet that curates the news for you. I would argue that the problem with traditional media has more to do with its dependence on corporate or government funding. We should have taxpayer funded journalism where people get an allowance and get to choose who they trust. And eligible news outlets should have to uphold some basic standards of integrity.
While the internet is indeed amazing for its ability to fact check, the internet is not so great at putting facts in context and helping people understand how the pieces fit together. The information overload causes a lot of people to tune out all news, not knowing who to trust or how to reconcile facts that seem to contradict each other. Ideally people would have the time to read different perspectives and come to their own conclusions, but in our capitalist society where people are increasingly crunched for time and so many things demand our attention, a lot of people want someone to curate the news for them to put the facts into perspective. Traditional media are definitely flawed because they all have an editorial slant and they conveniently choose which facts they think their readers ought to see, but that's inherent in any outlet that curates the news for you. I would argue that the problem with traditional media has more to do with its dependence on corporate or government funding. We should have taxpayer funded journalism where people get an allowance and get to choose who they trust. And eligible news outlets should have to uphold some basic standards of integrity.
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Great line-up! I’m saving this one. Thanks!
Thanks for all your posts - and for the recommendations!
Thank you, good sire. Always appreciate your efforts as well.