The modern media is complicit in the situation we find ourselves in. It’s an issue of perverse incentives.
If they need to finance their operation as most that aren’t publically funded do, then they need to attract as many eyeballs as possible for ads or parrot the words of wealthy benefactors.
You can rationalize this as saying that you can tow the line where you need and then shout the truth when you are able but it doesn’t work out like that, the actual news peices will simply be drowned out.
It becomes a numbers game, a very effective tool for human psychology, it can sway public narrative via issues like the illusory truth effect. We need publically funded independent media, which is why those who which to distort the truth hate the idea.
The billionaires didn’t gobble up the media landscape to make money on views…
They bought it up so they could spend money to influence voters to make money elsewhere.
They don’t give a fuck about ratings or ad sales, they want us fighting over shit they don’t care about, just so we don’t realize they’re the problem and work together to fix it.
Oh I know, I meant the few media outlets that remain somewhat independent need too and by playing the game they they need to for survival still add to the noise.
Explaining the understandably fucked situation and then leaving is “storming off”.
The modern media is complicit in the situation we find ourselves in. It’s an issue of perverse incentives.
If they need to finance their operation as most that aren’t publically funded do, then they need to attract as many eyeballs as possible for ads or parrot the words of wealthy benefactors.
You can rationalize this as saying that you can tow the line where you need and then shout the truth when you are able but it doesn’t work out like that, the actual news peices will simply be drowned out.
It becomes a numbers game, a very effective tool for human psychology, it can sway public narrative via issues like the illusory truth effect. We need publically funded independent media, which is why those who which to distort the truth hate the idea.
The billionaires didn’t gobble up the media landscape to make money on views…
They bought it up so they could spend money to influence voters to make money elsewhere.
They don’t give a fuck about ratings or ad sales, they want us fighting over shit they don’t care about, just so we don’t realize they’re the problem and work together to fix it.
Oh I know, I meant the few media outlets that remain somewhat independent need too and by playing the game they they need to for survival still add to the noise.
Perverse incentives and capitalism, name a more iconic duo.
Peanut butter and salmon.