But as someone validly concerned about Fake News, don't you think stories like this lay the groundwork w/a collapse of trust?
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Replying to @ggreenwald
They do! Trad media failures have absolutely eroded trust in them; what's jumping into the gap is often different beast though.
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Replying to @zeynep @ggreenwald
My concern in the original thread was the need for understanding different mechanisms of failure; if all lumped same, can't fix.
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Replying to @zeynep @ggreenwald
Trad journalism has had major failures; internet business model fueling more. Still, it has a normative form that it fails from.
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Replying to @zeynep @ggreenwald
That normative form is worth defending and figuring out ways to (re)build institutionally—even while knowing will still fail.
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Replying to @zeynep @ggreenwald
It's great to see WaPo reinvigorated and growing etc, but these two awful Russia stories do seem symptom of its new form
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Replying to @tomgara @ggreenwald
I agree. They went to the publish often+ jump on virality as model and imo we have two big failure cases VT+Propornot.
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Replying to @zeynep @ggreenwald
Right, the old WaPo was slower and duller and probably dying etc, but I don't think it would have made these mistakes.
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Replying to @tomgara @ggreenwald
I do think the financing models have a lot to do with some (newer) issues; just like access journalism has huge costs.
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I tell ppl to subscribe to stuff, but it's like voting. If you vote & go home, lobbyists take over next four years.
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So ppl have to subscribe but also demand better... Engage the institution; social media flak; public editor; letters..
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