Half of Americans now believe that news organizations deliberately mislead them

Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del... by jawns on Thursday February 16, 2023 @04:51PM (#34826935)

I think your response represent a common trap that people fall into, where we treat "the media" as if it's one entity, whereas in fact it's many distinct entities with very different attributes.

When we blame "the media" by lumping them all together, it's like blaming "the Americans," when in fact there is a big diversity in what Americans do and think.

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Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del... by fidgewidge on Friday February 17, 2023 @08:11AM (#34834215)

Yes there are exceptions, but they tend to prove the rule. A lot of the problems with "the media" are really problems with standard journalistic practices and those are uniform.

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Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del... by baidifnaoxi on Friday February 17, 2023 @12:17PM (#34837425)

You may be right - in theory. But existence of Journalist collaboration networks make this a moot point. Google JournOList and tell me there isn’t any coordination.

Edit - one other point, so many articles are also sourced from Reuters and AP that the Media, while different companies all have the same source material.

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