Re:We’re losing the information war
by griffinmmahon on Friday March 31, 2017 @10:33AM
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And there's also the possibility that the NYT et al have 1) done bad things in the past but 2) have also done good things For example, Noam Chomsky rightfully called the NYT "a bad paper" but he still read it every morning because it's one of the best sources of what's going on.
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I would argue that, despite its obvious biases, the mainstream media still reports more fact more often than do alternative sources. Both the mainstream and alternative media can report fact, or can report lies, and both can be used as a means of control.
Re:We’re losing the information war
by griffinmmahon on Friday March 31, 2017 @11:16AM
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Yes, exactly! None of these things are mutually exclusive.
Decrying liberal/conservative media bias while being stuck within that same spectrum is an entirely impotent critique to me if you don't understand the structural incentives that make all media outlets opposed to reporting truth/facts to the public (cf. *Manufacturing Consent).
>I would argue that, despite its obvious biases, the mainstream media still reports more fact more often than do alternative sources.
Which alternative sources? NewsMax? Reason.org? The Intercept? Or some crank youtube channel run by a single person?