Agreed w/ Emmanuel Macron. Wasn't the NYT criticized recently for making up stories about ISIS etc? What the the media business model care about isn't the objective truth but the political direction of society its want to push to pander to the core readership, for better or worse
https://twitter.com/CurtMills/status/1328138949714456576
Here is a thread on George Orwell famous essay on the Freedom of the Press, which was what he wanted as a preface to 1984 but edited out because it attacked the press.
https://twitter.com/Trinhnomics/status/1243730956034306049?s=20
American trust in Mass Media in 2020 vs 2019 (btw, people talk about Trump & Congress polling poorly should see the press polling):
Total trust has gone down for all US adults in 2020 from 2019 to only 9% of total sample polled.
None at all went UP to 33% from 28% of total.
Total trust has gone down for all US adults in 2020 from 2019 to only 9% of total sample polled.
None at all went UP to 33% from 28% of total.
The press is the LEAST trusted institution in the USA. Do u know what is the most TRUSTED? The police, military, small businesses, hospitals & educational institutions.
Funny enough, it spends a lot of time attacking the police & promote big corporations. Some owned by big firms
Funny enough, it spends a lot of time attacking the police & promote big corporations. Some owned by big firms
Why? George said:
"British press is extremely centralised, & most of it is OWNED BY WEALTHY MEN who have every MOTIVE TO BE DISHONEST on certain IMPORTANT TOPICS. But the same kind of veiled censorship also operates in books and periodicals, as well as in plays, films & radio."
"British press is extremely centralised, & most of it is OWNED BY WEALTHY MEN who have every MOTIVE TO BE DISHONEST on certain IMPORTANT TOPICS. But the same kind of veiled censorship also operates in books and periodicals, as well as in plays, films & radio."
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