• @tetris11@lemmy.ml
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    431 day ago

    Aren’t we bringing about an era where you can’t trust what you see or hear, unless it comes from a source you trust?

    Essentially aren’t we just reverting back to 1800s where news came from newspapers of reputation, and hearsay came from elsewhere

    • @remotelove@lemmy.ca
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      381 day ago

      It’s worse. We are reverting back to the age of lügenpresse and hearsay comes in short-form video formats.

      Many people simply do not care (or are even aware) if a source is trusted if the message aligns with their own bias or the message is presented as a new “fact”. Trust is irrelevant, unfortunately.

    • @halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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      191 day ago

      Basically, except the newspapers of today no longer care about reputation. They only care about clicks, the bottom line, and speed. Accuracy is no longer a primary focus.

    • @DeathsEmbrace@lemm.ee
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      -122 hours ago

      No because in the 1800s you could argue their was a thing called journalism. Now a days the debate between clicks and news means there isn’t going to be trust worthy news because it’s brought to you by Amazon AWS.

      • @tetris11@lemmy.ml
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        219 hours ago

        Definitely agree for the most part. I would say that independent news like AP, and the Guardian (arguably), do have reputations they try to uphold, but I hear you