Journalists are sounding an alarm about the spread of disinformation in society and how it affects their jobs on a daily basis, along with skepticism on whether traditional methods to combat it really work.
The free speech advocates PEN America found in a survey of journalists released Thursday that 90% said their jobs have been affected by false content created with the intent to deceive.
Journalists Despair Over Toll of Disinformation on Jobs (voanews.com)
This is funny. The group that constantly has been caught deceiving the American People by taking political sides and tailoring news so they can influence electoral and other outcomes are mad because the people trust other sources, truthful/accurate or not.
Disinformation takes many forms: former President Donald Trump’s false claims that he won the 2020 presidential election,
Not a single case of election’s fraud has been presented, nobody has been arrested or anything, right?
unproven COVID-19 treatments spreading online
Like never-ending booster vaccines? Oh wait, that is part of the “Trust The Science” conglomerate who happens to be financing a lot of Media parent companies with ads.
and wild QAnon theories about pedophilia.
It ceased to be a theory the moment your people actually started to loudly protest their “right” to teach kindergarteners about sex and to offer gender reassignement counseling and even theraphy to minors without the consent of the parents.
It could be as simple as a local politician lying about an opponent’s record
Newspapers lying about local pols is OK. Protected even.
or this week’s debate over whether video showed bird poop landing on President Joe Biden’s jacket during a speech.
It is OK, we all know that the poop is between Pedo Joe’s ears.
Dear Journos: What is making your life difficult can be found by simply standing in front of he nearest mirror and looking at the person being reflected. If you had not betrayed the trust with the public so many decades ago, we would not had the need to seek other sources. And what is worse, knowing well that it is your product the one that people reject, rather than retool, improve and report the news, you decided to whine, bitch and lie about other sources while doubling down on the propaganda you are already dismissed for.
You shot yourselves repeatedly on the foot. Don’t blame the gun or the people watching you.
No one seems to remember during the Obummer admin. when he kicked Fox news out of the press corps area and a good chunk of the media supported that. That was also around the same time that same media were pushing for official credentials of who could be classified as ‘media’.
“It could be as simple as a local politician lying about an opponent’s record” Have that happening in IL. A Dem turned Repub and funded by a billionaire is sending out flyers against another Repub using truncated quotes and click bait headlines. The media so far has stayed quiet or backed him. Nothing to do w/ trying to get a spoiler candidate in to ‘run’ against the highly unpopular Billionaire governor, no, I’m sure that’s not the case.
Rule one, ignore the Media. Two do the opposite
The free speech advocates PEN America found in a survey of journalists released Thursday that 90% said their jobs have been affected by false content created with the intent to deceive.
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Journalists have been affected by False Content the Journalists CREATED THEMSELVES!
All the examples Miguel cited above, plus a few more examples:
Remember the supposed Trump Russia Pee Tape?
Nick Sandmann and the other slandered Covington Kids?
Kyle Rittenhouse killed black protesters in Kenosha?
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They lie to your face, and accuse you of “HATE!” when you call out their lies.
The Ministry of Truth says free speech is not approved speech.
Our republic cannot thrive with a media that sides with one political party. Hard to say if we’re past the point of no return.
Or as Babylon 5 put it, “goodfacts” versus “truefacts.”
If you as a journalist tolerate it, you are part of the problem.
Excellent post!
IMHO, da nooz ceased shooting themselves in the feet, long ago. Knees? BTDT. NOW, they are aiming at their own nads.
Let. Them. Fire.
Popcorn, incoming.
That was not birdshit on Biteme’s shoulder.
Some times the seal around the simulacrum’s “brain” leaks and the fluid leaks out it’s ears.
This is similar to the issues with Disney’s Hall of Presidents.