C'mon guys, when I say "Elon's media rating site is a bad idea" I do not mean "The media shouldn't be held accountable"
Sure, *if* there were some way to reliably score the truth of the media, that would be amazing. But public rating isn't it. (1/n)
Sure, *if* there were some way to reliably score the truth of the media, that would be amazing. But public rating isn't it. (1/n)
What makes you expect the public's going to vote for anything other than articles that agree with their biases? Think about it, how often do you hear people say, "Well, I dislike this article criticizing my deeply held beliefs, but I have to admit it's fair" ? (2/n)
There are lots of errors, lies, & biases in the news worth pointing out (& I often do) but when you look at the distribution of things ppl say about the media it's like 5% good complaints & 95% ideological cheering/booing thinly disguised as complaints about objectivity (3/n)
Elon's welcome to create this site, of course. I'm just expressing incredulity at people who read public comment sections, or Twitter threads, & think to themselves "Yeah, good idea Elon, the public can agree on what counts as Truth"
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