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  • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world
    456·
    6 months ago

    Great question!

    We should be critical of everything, not just legacy media.

    I am more critical of politicians, gov’t, and legacy media as a principal, since they do the bidding of the owner class, but yes independent media can also be bought and those that do the bidding of the status quo, owner class.

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
      24·
      6 months ago

      “can also be bought”

      And the writers (no way I’m calling them journalists) can also be so ridiculously bad at reporting facts that no serious media would ever hire them.

      • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world
        234·
        6 months ago

        Well, if you look into Independent journalists you would know that many started in legacy media.

        You may also find a pattern ,in some, if you do your own research into why they are independent.

        I’ll give you a hint, one of the reasons is why so many have lost thier trust in legacy media…

        Here is a vid where you can start your research: https://lemmy.world/post/15896244

        • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
          21·
          6 months ago

          “if you do your own research”

          Yeah so the second someone tells me to do that I know they don’t have the ability to do that for themself in a way that will lead them to credible conclusions.

          “lost their trust in legacy media” doesn’t mean they were good at reporting facts and might in fact be because they were bad at being intelligent enough to make the difference between facts and their own opinion and therefore stopped trusting their employer who was shutting down their conspiracy bullshit.

          • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world
            127·
            6 months ago

            Yeah so the second someone tells me to do that I know they don’t have the ability to do that for themself in a way that will lead them to credible conclusions.

            That is your right, if you want to brush off any slogan, so as to stop yourself from looking into it a bit more.

            shutting down their conspiracy bullshit.

            Sadly, many say this as a way to deepen their trust in the status quo, we must continue to learn and talk to people that do not think like us or agree with our way of seeing the world.

            If you look into US wars and leaks, you would find the ‘conspiracy bullshit’ was indeed more correct than the US military propaganda pushed at the working class.

            Events and a more resent one where information by independent journalists were labeled as ‘conspiracy bullshit’ at one time;

            • 911, WMD scandal
            • Hamas mass rape scandal

            and much more…

            • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldΕλληνικά
              5·
              6 months ago

              9/11, WMD scandal

              So, Republicans use Intel services to facilitate a lie to start a war in Iraq, mainstream media is to blame for not questioning them.

              But you’re posting about how we can’t trust mainstream media when they call out the lies of a proven liar?

              You can’t just look at news, and conclude that it is all lies. You need to approach with some nuance and intelligence.

              • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world
                18·
                6 months ago

                can’t trust mainstream media

                I also mentioned that distrust in legacy media has only increased over the decades, looking at polling and data.

                I am for questioning and being highly criticial of the owner class and their ilk, this includes the duopoly.

                You can’t just look at news, and conclude that it is all lies.

                I did not try to make this point, if I did I am wrong. I am trying to say that we must be highly criticial of legacy media, which the owner class controls to a certain degree.

                Just look at the funding and the few corporations of media that control what the working class see in their TV or online.

                Feel free to watch and read legacy media, I do, but I implore to also check out independent journalists as well.