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Re:Did Media Literacy Backfire? by Jizzle on Saturday January 07, 2017 @01:13PM (#13345605)
I think when clicks equal money, there's a lot less room for ethics in journalism.

See: https://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp

Still, as the article points out, efforts to sanitize reporting will fail. But I think that's OK. I'd rather see a populace interested and misinformed, than one uninterested and uninformed.

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Re:Did Media Literacy Backfire? by bostik on Saturday January 07, 2017 @01:21PM (#13345651)
> I'd rather see a populace interested and misinformed

Really? Isn't that the worst possible combination for making it easier to spread propaganda?

Quoting Confucious - To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.

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