The poor fact-checking, cherry-picking, and purposeful bias of modern journalism is especially pernicious now as it bolsters Trump’s fascist cries of “fake news”. We need better, more responsible journalists and properly researched articles to fight these attacks.
3/ Yes, journalism does need to do a better job. But, the over-emphasis on fact checking and sterile-objectivity commits journalism to a defensive posture that doesn't patch the vulnerability.
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4/ What journalism really needs to do is stop granting Trump agenda control. Over and over and over. They need to allocate attention better, and with respect to a coherent, democratic agenda. That doesn't mean less bias. It demands a loss function that isn't Trump-centric.pic.twitter.com/fIqsnCLM2k
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5/ Just realized this was hand-wavy abstract. The best example to make it more concrete: the Russia shit. Journalism could commit zero errors while pumping out the most beautifully researched "objective" information possible, and it would be still be an own goal.
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