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Re:How the New Yorker Fell into the “Weird Japan” Trap by markdown on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:43AM (#25503296)
> I'm not sure why anyone trusts journalists nowadays.

What the alternative? To get our information from places like informationclearinghouse?

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Re:How the New Yorker Fell into the “Weird Japan” Trap by brigandish on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @01:08AM (#25503438)
Alternatives are difficult, I agree, though I believe they exist. It's possible to distrust, or at the least, be sceptical of information or the intentions of those providing information while also consuming and acting upon that information.

To push for greater freedom of speech, and hence privacy protections, while also pushing for greater transparency from powerful entities would be my political recipe for helping the general state of things.

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