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Comment BBC should know Propaganda (Score 1) 74

As purveyors of the finest propaganda and gaslighting in the world.

#BBC , the nations LEAST trusted news service & broadcaster.

* It admitted it would not expose the prime ministers lies "for fear of undermining public faith in democracy."
* guilty of placing actors to pose as members of the public on so-called "public debate" programs falsifying public opinion to support their narrative
* instrumental in the Austerity lie and the drip feed campaign buttering up the public to accept it, therefore facilitating the deaths and suffering that caused
* guilty of ignoring purdah, falsifying and lying about parties during a general election, even photoshopping the leader of the opposition as a russian spy standing outside the kremlin.

The BBC are untrustworthy and have no right to accuse others of this rancid practice when they are one of the best and most accomplished propagandists on the planet whose actions have far reaching consequences.

Comment News Is Mostly Bad For You (Score 1) 326

This isn't a "CNN is bad" or "Fox is bad" or "The MSM is bad". I'm talking about the whole concept of news. Something where people put together a daily or weekly or hourly show based on things they've received.

For one thing, almost nothing in "the news" needs to get to you that day. Joe Biden has Covid? Think about it. If you knew about this tomorrow, would it matter? Or next week, or frankly, if you didn't know at all.

But the other thing is that shock sells which distorts reality. Parents want their schools turned into fortresses because of school shootings, but in reality their kid is much more likely to die in their neighbour's swimming pool. Or because of medical malpractice. Or someone using their phone while driving.

Finally, most journalists in most media don't properly understand what they're writing about and when they talk to experts, they don't really get it, but just write something based on it that is entertaining

The best writing today is experts doing brain dumps. People who have other jobs and then just write about things. Like accountants writing about a tax law or economists writing about the economy. Many of them are good at dismantling the entertainment and writing something informative about the subject. And on top of that, they write about things that aren't shock, but they write about long term trends. Many of which tell you the truth, like the world is getting richer and safer.

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