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Originally Posted by jimson8
Biased, if not corrupt network news directly led to "designer news." It makes little difference if it comes from a desire to please a market or from prejudices seeping out even subconsciously.
It's not even so much the fairness of the journalism, but what is given the most coverage and what is given less. Much is driven by what equals good ratings, but ideology also plays a very significant role.
There is no answer for this.
We are bombarded by so much conflicting information, the "truth" we choose to believe is that which conforms best to our own opinions.
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Agreed here. But then it comes back down to cohersion of society. If everybody just choses to believe what he wants, without an agreement on at least some principles, a society won't work long. It may have worked back in the days when ppl and communications were more primitive and less interconnected, today it is potentially destructive.
What makes this even more of a concern is the global influence of the US; which has direct conseqences to the rest of the world.