Cool stuff we take for granted

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by Krash

My point is that the press didn’t always get things right long before people had access to news and information on a real-time basis.

Famous example:




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Of course, the “press” didn’t always get things right; but to the OP’s point that I quoted, at least journalists were held somewhat accountable.

Today, we consume (or are bombared ) with so much information from so many sources. Are they fact checked, do we even care any more?

I suppose the debate is as old as the news itself, but I have to think with the technology of today, we are more susceptible to misinformation. Not because of technology itself, but because of the information being pushed through it.

Maybe that’s just the cynic in me

Disseminating what’s truth from what’s fiction becomes increasingly difficult if you don’t use a critical lense. IMHO.


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[BraveBold]

We are more susceptible because many (most) people now conduct life in social echo chambers. Amplified and narrowly construed (since online allows you to reach mass markets even when slicing thin).

People also do a generally poor job of analyzing data themselves…combine with inherent susceptibility to peer influence and even those who think they are objective through “digging on their own” aren’t doing many favors.

It is pretty awful, really.

[Krash]

Originally Posted by brandrea

Of course, the “press” didn’t always get things right; but to the OP’s point that I quoted, at least journalists were held somewhat accountable.

Today, we consume (or are bombared ) with so much information from so many sources. Are they fact checked, do we even care any more?

I suppose the debate is as old as the news itself, but I have to think with the technology of today, we are more susceptible to misinformation. Not because of technology itself, but because of the information being pushed through it.

Maybe that’s just the cynic in me

Disseminating what’s truth from what’s fiction becomes increasingly difficult if you don’t use a critical lense. IMHO.


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I would argue the press is held more accountable today than ever before. Back in the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and even the 80s and 90s, there was very little recourse. It was difficult—if not impossible—to question the major media outlets. Now there is real-time feedback on the Internet that gets millions of views.


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[Easy E]

I'm going to go full CT on you guys......The News has always been (predominately) about who owns the checkbook.

[BraveBold]

Originally Posted by Easy E

I'm going to go full CT on you guys......The News has always been (predominately) about who owns the checkbook.

So true. But, much like image was always a part of music, there are swings in matters of degree…

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by Krash

I would argue the press is held more accountable today than ever before. Back in the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and even the 80s and 90s, there was very little recourse. It was difficult—if not impossible—to question the major media outlets. Now there is real-time feedback on the Internet that gets millions of views.


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And so it goes … millions of viewers with virtual real time feedback on “the facts”.

I’m not sure that’s accountability, but again maybe that’s just me.


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[Speedbird-1]

Most 'news', is just plain village gossip, jacked up by self regarding modern media and their undisclosed agendas.

I heard today, on my local radio station in England, that a surfer was attacked by a shark off the coast of Australia.
Can't help wondering......so what?


....and as for TV newsreaders, getting very highly paid for; 'reading out loud' and their colleagues in khaki battle dress and earnest facial expressions....don't get me started!
....did I mention the de rigueur Keffiyeh.