Coloradomtnman
Rational and proud of it.
Since the election, liberals have spoken out about "fake news" believing that widely disseminated false information about HRC cost them the presidency and the Senate.
As a result of the rise of "fake news" Facebook has implemented a program to remove "fake news" from posts made by its users.
Conservatives have for many years complained about liberal-bias is most news media outlets. They believe media outlets are in the pockets of the DNC, ir a particular politicaan. At the same time they mustakenly believe that conservative-biased media is actually unbiased.
Everyone blames the media. Under a capitalistic economy, private news outlets must make a profit in order to survive. "Mainstream" media outlets, just like Fox News, Breitbart, Alex Jones, Rush Limbaugh, or any other private business, must have a product which sells. And that requires a niche in the market which will pay for such a product. MSNBC supplies a liberal niche, Fox News supplies a conservative niche, CNN has an idiot niche, and so on.
We blame the media for selling the product which sells - instead of blaming those who consume the media for buying the crap the media sells.
Don't blame the news outlets for maintaining their business. Blame those who can't or won't make the effort to check the source, to remain skeptical, to check their bias.
Does that remove from responsibility the media for the veracity of the information it disseminates? Is lack of faith in news outlets the inevitable result of the press, whether private or public? Has the 4th column fully crumbled?
What seems obvious to me is that news outlets can only held accountable by the market. If the news outlets sell false information that the market wants more than true information, then the market will not hold them accountable.
So stop blaming the media and start holding yourselves accountable.
As a result of the rise of "fake news" Facebook has implemented a program to remove "fake news" from posts made by its users.
Conservatives have for many years complained about liberal-bias is most news media outlets. They believe media outlets are in the pockets of the DNC, ir a particular politicaan. At the same time they mustakenly believe that conservative-biased media is actually unbiased.
Everyone blames the media. Under a capitalistic economy, private news outlets must make a profit in order to survive. "Mainstream" media outlets, just like Fox News, Breitbart, Alex Jones, Rush Limbaugh, or any other private business, must have a product which sells. And that requires a niche in the market which will pay for such a product. MSNBC supplies a liberal niche, Fox News supplies a conservative niche, CNN has an idiot niche, and so on.
We blame the media for selling the product which sells - instead of blaming those who consume the media for buying the crap the media sells.
Don't blame the news outlets for maintaining their business. Blame those who can't or won't make the effort to check the source, to remain skeptical, to check their bias.
Does that remove from responsibility the media for the veracity of the information it disseminates? Is lack of faith in news outlets the inevitable result of the press, whether private or public? Has the 4th column fully crumbled?
What seems obvious to me is that news outlets can only held accountable by the market. If the news outlets sell false information that the market wants more than true information, then the market will not hold them accountable.
So stop blaming the media and start holding yourselves accountable.