Re:Americans' Trust in Media Dips to Second Lowest on Record
by throwaway894345 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @11:32AM
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I share your perspective about a ~2016 inflection point, but the cracks were showing even earlier. I remember in ~2014 things like the Michael Brown shooting coverage across the board parroted activists' talking points which were invariably and conclusively disproven by the evidence (MB wasn't shot in the back as he ran away, etc). This isn't a wider commentary on BLM, although I think BLM coverage provides a really interesting perspective on media coverage. This is all to say that the phenomenon isn't fully explained by Trump, although I think the phenomenon really accelerated as a result of Trump (I'm not positing a causal relationship, if I had to speculate I'd guess it's an intense feedback loop).
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Re:Americans' Trust in Media Dips to Second Lowest on Record
by freedomben on Thursday October 07, 2021 @11:52AM
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From some articles I've read[1], and discussions I've had (aka mostly anecdata) I really think that it's because views among journalists are changing. They view "just the facts" as potentially misleading because just the facts can lead to incorrect conclusions. Adding in color words that have a touch of opinion/speculation in them is ok if it helps the reader to reach the correct conclusion. Tis is also coupled with a strong sense of moral obligation on the part of journalists to lead people to the right conclusions.
[1] https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/11/inside-the-new-york-...
Re:Americans' Trust in Media Dips to Second Lowest on Record
by AnimalMuppet on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:52PM
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But that requires that the journalist knows what the right conclusions are. They're skeptical about other peoples' claims; they're not nearly skeptical enough about their own positions.