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With how bad TV news has gotten this might be a good thing.
Social media allows for all sorts of disinformation and misinformation, yes. But there’s also real people talking about real experiences. Primary sources spreading their eyes and ears across the world.
TV news is owned by billionaires like Murdoch and Bezos and are basically just propaganda outlets for them. And while I’m sure Zuckerberg and Elon are influencing their social media platforms just as much, at least on the internet there are places like Lemmy where the truth at least has a chance to exist.
But there’s also real people talking about real experiences. Primary sources spreading their eyes and ears across the world.
Except for the armies of bots ran by elected representatives and foreign governments making comments specifically to enflame, or selectively promoting the stories they want. Social media has no reason to fix this either.
So yes I get what your saying, but I don’t see this getting better anytime soon.
I never said EVERYTHING is real. In fact, I would agree that the vast majority of the internet is not. I just think TV news sources don’t have any reality left at all.
I view this is a very bad thing
Aaaaand that’s why 'Murica is the backwards dump that it is
Well, one of a few reasons.
TV news has been going down the shitter for years. People sought out alternative is for a reason. They chose an even worse substitute, but still…
Yet another reason I’m grateful to not live in 'Murica
Our state broadcaster is bound by a charter of independence, and only reports facts
The majority of the other broadcasters spray around some populist bullshit, but nothing remotely like the absolute crap that passes for news in the US
There’s one seriously right-wing outlet, unsurprisingly it’s Murdoch’s baby, but it’s widely disregarded
Unfortunately, he pays for it to be pumped out for free to the rursk/hick areas, whereas in the cities, it comes for a price
All in all, while it’s not perfect, Australia has better media than the US
But so does almost everywhere…