Re:Transforming cities with superblocks
by mschuster91 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @07:37AM
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> Is it possible that you are getting information from news sources and thinkers that are biased and reflect one storyline; while the other half of the country gets their facts and forms their opinions from sources that are biased the other way and reflect a different story-line?
The thing is, everyone can judge the "facts" that these people consume and see for their own that a lot of what Fox News et al. distribute to their consumers is outright propaganda and lies. Tucker Carlson infamously got away with the excuse that a viewer should be able to recognize him "not stating actual facts" [1], even though a large part of his following seems to be either unable to or unwilling to see through the lies.
In Germany, TV and radio stations as well as newspapers are bound by the law to "independent and factual" reporting, as well as to check the stuff they broadcast if it actually is true (§6/§19 MStV [2]). Obviously, we still have issues with the tabloids sometimes stretching the truth a bit, but in general it can be said that our media follows the responsibility it has as a vital part of our democracy.
> Any conversation is good if not done in bad faith, and I always assume good faith.
While admirable, this inevitably comes crashing down hard when enemy propaganda comes into the mix - both domestic and foreign, in particular Russian. When one side is known for "assuming good faith", an enemy has it very easy to apply disinformation tactics... and for what it's worth, the West has been at war with Russia for many years now, even though many people refused to admit that.
The thing is, everyone can judge the "facts" that these people consume and see for their own that a lot of what Fox News et al. distribute to their consumers is outright propaganda and lies. Tucker Carlson infamously got away with the excuse that a viewer should be able to recognize him "not stating actual facts" [1], even though a large part of his following seems to be either unable to or unwilling to see through the lies.
In Germany, TV and radio stations as well as newspapers are bound by the law to "independent and factual" reporting, as well as to check the stuff they broadcast if it actually is true (§6/§19 MStV [2]). Obviously, we still have issues with the tabloids sometimes stretching the truth a bit, but in general it can be said that our media follows the responsibility it has as a vital part of our democracy.
> Any conversation is good if not done in bad faith, and I always assume good faith.
While admirable, this inevitably comes crashing down hard when enemy propaganda comes into the mix - both domestic and foreign, in particular Russian. When one side is known for "assuming good faith", an enemy has it very easy to apply disinformation tactics... and for what it's worth, the West has been at war with Russia for many years now, even though many people refused to admit that.
[1]: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/29/917747123/you-literally-cant-...
[2]: https://www.die-medienanstalten.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Rec...