Residents of Oakdale, Calif., have abandoned traditional media outlets for a mishmash of online sources. These days, they’re often not sure what information to trust.
Okay, but you kinda have a choice between media that work from a set of principles to get the facts right and a bunch of algorithm-driven influencers who will say whatever it takes to get more clicks. The difference between those two groups has shrunken, and not in the direction of respecting facts either, however I’d say most people get their information from sources that don’t actually do reporting now. They don’t have any loyalty to facts. Most of the mainstream media still have reporters dedicated to principles of neutrality and objectivity. However, people are instead sourcing their information from people that don’t do any actual reporting and that don’t have any commitment to objectivity or neutrality. They simply want to push an agenda, which often involves trying to lie about the facts, ignore them, or present them in some ideologically framed manner.
Many of the traditional media outlets have always been pushing agendas too. You just may not have been aware of them. I don’t mean to equate them with patriot Joe’s bootlicker blog, exactly, but I also am no longer fooled by a facade of gravitas.
I don’t disagree, but I think we are in a coarse battle between patriot Joe’s bootlicker blog and a basic dedication to the facts. I have my political biases, but society cannot sustain an assault on the truth in the service of promoting fascism. I suspect you want to move society left, and I have similar sympathies, but we should first sustain an open society and protect the values of objectivity and neutrality in the media.
Do you want your information from a source that is 80-90% about reporting and 10-20% opinion, or one that is 100% just pushing an agenda.
Of course I am absolutely against anything promoting fascism. I also think it is very important to analyze how we got to where we are. Part of the fault lies with our traditional media failing to do its job. I think it’s a mistake to place your hope in the people who led us down this path to save us from the consequences.
Okay, but you kinda have a choice between media that work from a set of principles to get the facts right and a bunch of algorithm-driven influencers who will say whatever it takes to get more clicks. The difference between those two groups has shrunken, and not in the direction of respecting facts either, however I’d say most people get their information from sources that don’t actually do reporting now. They don’t have any loyalty to facts. Most of the mainstream media still have reporters dedicated to principles of neutrality and objectivity. However, people are instead sourcing their information from people that don’t do any actual reporting and that don’t have any commitment to objectivity or neutrality. They simply want to push an agenda, which often involves trying to lie about the facts, ignore them, or present them in some ideologically framed manner.
Many of the traditional media outlets have always been pushing agendas too. You just may not have been aware of them. I don’t mean to equate them with patriot Joe’s bootlicker blog, exactly, but I also am no longer fooled by a facade of gravitas.
they are all owned by conservatives thats why theres a agenda push, if you look up who owns these MSMs.
They also chase clicks these days too
I don’t disagree, but I think we are in a coarse battle between patriot Joe’s bootlicker blog and a basic dedication to the facts. I have my political biases, but society cannot sustain an assault on the truth in the service of promoting fascism. I suspect you want to move society left, and I have similar sympathies, but we should first sustain an open society and protect the values of objectivity and neutrality in the media.
Do you want your information from a source that is 80-90% about reporting and 10-20% opinion, or one that is 100% just pushing an agenda.
Of course I am absolutely against anything promoting fascism. I also think it is very important to analyze how we got to where we are. Part of the fault lies with our traditional media failing to do its job. I think it’s a mistake to place your hope in the people who led us down this path to save us from the consequences.