The mainstream media has been exposed and is failing
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- b.c.,
... and what of Trump? Or do you just agree with fake b.s. alt-right news sources from over there in France?
Well, at least anyone who isn't a complete moron.
To learn about the dark side of Vladimir Putin you won't get that kind of information from RT, nor about Queen Elizabeth from the BBC, you're going to get closer to the truth from websites critical of them, possibly mixed in with mistakes and exaggerations, you're not going to get that kind of information from credibilty compromised websites like the Huffington Post!
CNN didn't start that trend.
Tabloids have been doing this for decades. The difference now is that social media and the internet have given a wider audience for smaller sensationalist media companies. That's created greater competition.
In the past, print and circulation costs kept tabloids local. And locally they were more easily identifiable as tabloids.
With the internet and social media that barrier is gone and WTFOMG.com is on a more equal footing to target customers of the other national news outlets.
*chuckle* My point and case.
Why would we have "honest" news media? It isn't their job to be honest. It is their job to sell a product that we want to buy (or watch so they can sell advertising space).
ConanTheBarber
Legendary Member
This doesn't take us very far.
Such people also say the exact opposite.
Agreed. What I mean to expound on is CNN and 24/7 news. In order to keep eyes glued to the tube or webpage they have to generate 24/7 sensational news bites to keep revenue pumping in and investors happy. And the same goes for websites and webpages.
In the old days the big three networks ran the news departments as separate but necessary functions for the public good. CNN was the first for television, the mind candy humans can't ignore, to break off news and present it 24/7 as a separate offering and/or product.
Donald Trump’s candidacy might not be making America great, CBS Chairman Les Moonves said Monday, but it’s great for his company.
"It may not be good for America, but it's damn good for CBS," Moonves said at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco, according to The Hollywood Reporter — perfectly distilling what media critics have long suspected was motivating the round-the-clock coverage of Trump's presidential bid.
"It may not be good for America, but it's damn good for CBS," Moonves said at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco, according to The Hollywood Reporter — perfectly distilling what media critics have long suspected was motivating the round-the-clock coverage of Trump's presidential bid.
And then there's fake news: Facebook and the Digital Virus Called Fake News
- b.c.,
This Fake-News-Detecting Browser Plugin Won't Help Rid Us Of Right-Wing Lies | Co.Exist | ideas + impact http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/fake-news-facebook-google-donald-trump-bernie-sanders-wins-election/
http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/fake-news-facebook-google-donald-trump-bernie-sanders-wins-election/
Did Facebook Fake News Win Election For Trump? 5 Facts | Heavy.com
http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/fake-news-facebook-google-donald-trump-bernie-sanders-wins-election/
Did Facebook Fake News Win Election For Trump? 5 Facts | Heavy.com
Agreed.
It's also been noted that the accessibility of such a plethora of news and news sources has dramatically reduced our exposure to the total story. People used to be forced to listen to diverse sides of the story by the limitation of sources. And sources had to broaden their appeal to capture as many people as possible.
Now, people can self-filter to only those sources that support their views. And news outlets have to narrow their 'target' audience and hype it to capture the audiences' attention away from competitors. That has the effect of an echo chamber and people only hearing what they want to hear.
All this creates the belief that stories outside that echo chamber are "clearly false" and those inside the echo chamber are "absolutely true".
To add to that confusion, there are truly false stories and propaganda portrayed as news circulated.
Edgar Allen Poe "Believe only half of what you see and nothing of what you hear."
The homage these TV stars and executives were prepared to make inside Trump Tower, followed by their self-absorbed whimpering afterward, suggests that one should look elsewhere for the vital checks that an aggressive press must provide.
Media Stars Agree to Off-the-Record Meeting With Trump, Break Agreement, Whine About Mistreatment
Media Stars Agree to Off-the-Record Meeting With Trump, Break Agreement, Whine About Mistreatment
http://nypost.com/2016/11/21/donald-trumps-media-summit-was-a-f-ing-firing-squad/
So we can expect stronger libel laws
The Donald will have to contain himself or it may backfire!
So we can expect stronger libel laws
The Donald will have to contain himself or it may backfire!
slurper_la
Superior Member
awwww the Donald is upset.....wha wah wah....the press didn't treat him fairly. "You bad boys, you were so mean to me"
And he calls for an "off the record" meeting. This f'ing SOB will curtail the press just like Hitler and every other dictator does. This country is in for a real shit ride
And he calls for an "off the record" meeting. This f'ing SOB will curtail the press just like Hitler and every other dictator does. This country is in for a real shit ride
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