I bet audience for the current stuff has fairly little concern about the Iraq war failures—why mechanisms impt.
Agree it's critically important to understand different mechanisms by which fake news gets delivered, and to whom. @ThusBloggedA
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But the elite frankly loves fake news. Just not the kind that is currently popular among non-elite right now. @ThusBloggedA
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Different points; both are significant issues. Not wanting either forgotten is fine—I just oppose conflating them.
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I guess I oppose defining ways such that analysts get to ignore their own short-comings. @ThusBloggedA
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Everyone always wants to ignore shortcomings of their own role & institutions. That's an "and."
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Yes. But the elite have historically had a lot more control over the choices they exercise. @ThusBloggedA
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Again, I absolutely agree the mechanism is different. But to some degree mechanism is powerful bc of elite failures @ThusBloggedA
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Not to mention the hollowing out of local news (which is about a financial model) @ThusBloggedA
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