2014-02-21, 23:19 | Link #1 |
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What's Wrong With The Media?
5 Disturbing Reasons Not to Trust the News (From a Reporter):
"Growing up, I remember wondering why major catastrophes were relegated to just inches of column space somewhere in the middle of the newspaper, while knocked-up celebrities farting into a maternity gown would crack the front pages. Then I started working as the editor of a U.K. tech news site at the dawn of citizen reporting, social media, and the Web, and I realized that the gulf between the newsworthy and the filler has been widened on an enormous scale. Here are just some of the reasons journalism has gone (and continues to go) to shit:" See: http://www.cracked.com/article_20819...-reporter.html |
2014-02-22, 19:48 | Link #4 | |
Lumine Passio
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Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
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But then, if the masses truly have good analyzing skill, then how could these type of stains of the journalist could exist? |
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2014-02-23, 07:54 | Link #5 |
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Most people have poor critical thinking skills and just believe what they want to believe rather than the actual truth. Furthermore people also have an inclination towards figures of authority so the appeal to authority meme will hold a lot of weight even if the institution is proven to be dishonest on numerous occasions. Another thing to bear in mind is that people often have a set of belief systems in how the world works and do not want those believes to be threatened or in some cases even challenged. That is why people often seek and stay on media sources that reflect their views. It is confirmation bias. It is this fact why certain papers maintain a set of core values so as not to alienate their audience.
Also as Fireminer already alluded to: if people have greater critical thinking abilities these dishonest media outlets would not exist. I would also add that being intelligent will not necessarily make you good at critical thinking. To me critical thinking is something tied closer to wisdom than intelligence. |
2014-02-24, 23:13 | Link #6 | |
日本語を食べません!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: San Francisco
Age: 41
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Let me counter this article with an article (Yes, it's the Onion, but it's still true):
Let Me Explain Why Miley Cyrus’ VMA Performance Was Our Top Story This Morning Quote:
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2014-02-26, 16:53 | Link #7 |
I disagree with you all.
Join Date: Dec 2005
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They wouldn't "do it on the cheap" if people didn't "buy it on the cheap". We get what we want: cheap (free, financed by advertising...), and fast (remember last week's, or even yesterday's news? Are you still following up on that?).
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