iceberg
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How Media Narratives Became More Important Than Facts
one of my most respected writers strikes again. my contention has long been the media reports on what people say, not do. in time this becomes "fact" because enough people re-report the initial report as suddenly it makes the rounds and the lie becomes true because enough people say it.
for example - her own words:
"A case in point: the smear that was promulgated when I left CBS. It was often incorrectly reported that I told CBS management I was quitting due to liberal media bias. That false story turned out to be convenient for both political sides, and largely survives today. It simply wasn’t rooted in fact. And I don’t recall reporters even asking me whether it was true. Once a few articles reported that it was, others simply copied the claim and adopted it as if established fact, eventually without attribution. Now there would be no point in trying to clarify it. After all, Wikipedia says it’s true. No going back from that."
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no one ever asked her why she left. they made assumptions and ran with their own answers, not hers.
why do we let "media" do this?
one of my most respected writers strikes again. my contention has long been the media reports on what people say, not do. in time this becomes "fact" because enough people re-report the initial report as suddenly it makes the rounds and the lie becomes true because enough people say it.
for example - her own words:
"A case in point: the smear that was promulgated when I left CBS. It was often incorrectly reported that I told CBS management I was quitting due to liberal media bias. That false story turned out to be convenient for both political sides, and largely survives today. It simply wasn’t rooted in fact. And I don’t recall reporters even asking me whether it was true. Once a few articles reported that it was, others simply copied the claim and adopted it as if established fact, eventually without attribution. Now there would be no point in trying to clarify it. After all, Wikipedia says it’s true. No going back from that."
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no one ever asked her why she left. they made assumptions and ran with their own answers, not hers.
why do we let "media" do this?