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SSNeoman posted:The problem with media criticism is that the people doing said criticism today are either uninformed at best or politically motivated at worst. This whole fake news debacle is similar to the anti-media efforts that happened during the Nixon administration. Like you approach media criticism from philosophical angles OP, but I think our disagreement is far more fundamental; like we disagree on what is reality in the first place, especially how easy it is to manipulate people's perception of reality nowadays. I think a lot of that problem can be laid at the feet of conglomeration. When a single Boardroom of 12 Decrepit White male Boomers decides what information you acquire you're going to get a skewed impression of reality. The dangerous part of conglomeration comes from the fact that people don't know it exists (because the corps hide it). When you hear something from someone/something your belief in its accuracy is often dependent on how many "separate" sources are claiming the same thing. And since people don't know all these people are the same they mistakenly think lot's of independent sources are verifying it so it must be true. I think this is the cornerstone of the "alternate reality" that the Right has sucked so many people into.
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