Re:Truth is a lost game in Turkey. Don’t let the same thing ...
by tombo2008 on Friday December 16, 2016 @10:24AM
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I don't doubt that the ability to have the average man on the street report on things and upload them to twitter etc. is a force for good, but the potential for miscommunication due to the lack of structure surrounding such uploads is a weakness that traditional media does not experience given that all work must pass editors in those cases. I know that doesn't stop all BS stories but its a check/balance at least that doesn't currently exist at all on social media.
Read the article by: Cringely "News we aren't supposed to know", http://www.cringely.com/2016/12/15/news-arent-supposed-know/ which descibes old situations where the media did not report anything about events which had big impacts.
This Guardian article is more like a flame war from someone who does not get to deicide what the media agenda is no more. The alternative media, was much better at covering Erdoğan power takeover than main media in my opinion.