also journalism is seen as one of the most sacred institutions in society
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St. Rev ☯️ 🏴 😻 Retweeted David Burge
https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/664089892599631872 … Speech should be sacred. Information should be sacred. Modern journalism has coopted these.
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Speech is the religious myth of journalism. In practical terms, journalism is entertainment and advertising.
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Where did it go wrong, in your opinion? Is it salvageable? I keep going back to Watergate & "can ppl trust again"?
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It's the worst it's been since the 19th century, but I don't think it's ever been right.
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Well, yeah, all media is biased. But practical heuristics for pressing medium-term info needs seems achievable.
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Bias isn't the issue. It's that it isn't a system that can produce reliable knowledge. Entertainment + advertising.
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We're seeing that even modern science is easily coopted by cargo cults. Journalism? Pull the other one.
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Vox and 538 were to be "data-driven", which only means scientistic empty-calorie frosting on the advertising cake.
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Vox is particularly egregious, in that it's blatant "here's what you ought to think" 24/7 Pravda. Shameless.
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But look at what 538 did to Roger Pielke Jr. Podesta's thinktank got him fired and unpersonned for being correct.
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I wonder if when people mention journos I could have them rate their {cred score}. Like Roger Pielke{8} or something.
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