Great piece by @jayrosen_nyu lambasting the media for being so slow to acknowledge the right's full-throttle use of sheer *disinformation,* and media figures' inability (or unwillingness?) to fully adapt to the deep asymmetries it has produced:
pressthink.org/2019/12/the-ch…
pressthink.org/2019/12/the-ch…
@jayrosen_nyu As @jayrosen_nyu says, this has been clear for years, but certain media figures resolutely pretended not to understand it, because it created professional complications.
Here's my thread (including a book chapter!) from exactly a year ago on this topic:
Here's my thread (including a book chapter!) from exactly a year ago on this topic:
@jayrosen_nyu One more point.
We *already know* how Trump and the right weaponize disinformation. We *already know* it involves bad-faith efforts to get the "MSM" to launder it for them.
They have *told us* how this works. There's no excuse for not adapting to it:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
We *already know* how Trump and the right weaponize disinformation. We *already know* it involves bad-faith efforts to get the "MSM" to launder it for them.
They have *told us* how this works. There's no excuse for not adapting to it:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
