We are just out of the field on a flash poll in the U.S. taken last week, with 1,000 members of the general population and an oversample of 113 Silicon Valley-based tech employees on the impact of fake news on trust in mainstream media. The sad conclusion that has been drawn by a majority of Americans is that fake news is created by the media with a motive, destruction of political opponents. The logical end point is establishment of echo chambers, in which one reads only that which one agrees with. It is the end of the town square that allowed for the discussion of issues based on mutually agreed facts.
Here are the key findings of the study:Edelman
Aaron Maté interviews Yasha Levine is an investigative journalist and author of "Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet," which will be out in February 2018.
My faith in the Real News Network somewhat restored.
ReplyDeleteIn the aftermath of the political upheavals of the 1960's, Corporate America took complete control of Mass Media and bent it toward a Corporatist agenda. After the WMD bullshit that helped push us into invading Iraq in 2003 many Americans finally realize the MSM was lying to them.
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