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[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I think that before there were social networks or YouTube, journalism, CNN or Fox News internationally, among others, were the only source of information.

But thanks to current times and that there are people who report, the decline of journalism in any field, even in video games, is in decline and is not credible.

For example, in Mexico, this Clown named Carlos Loret de Mola, gives low-budget reports with lies to deceive, spread fear and confuse the people of the country.

A lot of people don't believe anything about this man anymore.

I imagine that in their respective countries there have also been arrogant deceitful people like the example I gave, or what is journalism like in your country?

I personally lost faith in CNN and the BBC.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Journalism isn’t about telling the truth any more, it’s about creating buzz. It’s ridiculous. I don’t believe anyone any more.

 

[Kenpachii]

Quit watching these clowns years ago, its just brain rot for the masses.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Journalism isn’t about telling the truth any more, it’s about creating buzz. It’s ridiculous. I don’t believe anyone any more.

Indeed, in Mexico these journalists are embarrassing, because instead of spreading journalism, it is more like gossip talk.

EXAMPLE

They are the worst shame in journalism

 

[AJUMP23]

Journalist are just mouthpieces for their political bent. They rarely care about the truth.

 

[Tams]

Rant about a clown in Mexico; say you can't trust CNN and the BBC.

I don't know... maybe the problem might just be you.

 

[6502]

The BBC are not what they used to be. Bias due to political appointments besides; they are not beyond having stories about comments made on twitter and the replies from nobodies and pointless lifestyle shite on their website.

Real, hard hitting, investigative journalism has all but gone. Their website 10 years ago made newspapers redundant, today it is shallow with all too many basic grammer and spelling mistakes as they rush to keep up with other outlets. Shame the way things went. Especially the recent gutting of the TV news channel.

Today we are left with cheap recycled tat in most uk news channels. The only good thing we had recently was Outside source (largely because it was a machine like reading of facts).

I prefer watching foriegn channels to find out what is happening in the world and get unbiased reporting on the UK.

 

[diffusionx]

journalists are tools of the oligarchs. Look at the WHCD if there is any question of this. Their job is to keep you dumb.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Unless it's something really black and white like reporting sports scores or if the Dow Jones went up or down 100 pts, I'd put very little into news. Hell, they cant even get weather reports accurate using expensive machines analyzing weather patterns and meteorologists.

At the most, consider it a real event that happened but spun into something enticing, baity, exaggerated or falsified for clicks. At the least, consider it pure entertainment.

 

[diffusionx]

Unless it's something really black and white like reporting sports scores or if the Dow Jones went up or down 100 pts, I'd put very little into news. Hell, they cant even get weather reports accurate using expensive machines analyzing weather patterns and meteorologists.

At the most, consider it a real event that happened but spun into something enticing, baity, exaggerated or falsified for clicks. At the least, consider it pure entertainment.

Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. Any time I read an article on a topic I know about in the mainstream media (e.g. not specialty publications), I spot at least one glaring, blatant error. So why would I trust them on anything. Why would I trust them to be the arbiters on what is objectively true or false, a title they have given themselves in the "war on dis/misinformation".

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. Any time I read an article on a topic I know about in the mainstream media (e.g. not specialty publications), I spot at least one glaring, blatant error. So why would I trust them on anything. Why would I trust them to be the arbiters on what is objectively true or false, a title they have given themselves in the "war on dis/misinformation".

Even for sports, it error prone.

Yesterday on ESPN.com, they had an article about pitcher Luis Garcia being injured. I clicked the hyperlink to see how good his stats are and it linked to a different Luis Garcia pitcher on a different team. Here it is. Still not fixed. The pitcher injured is the one from Houston. They are linking to the SD guy.

Astros' Garcia needs TJ surgery, finished for '23

Astros right-hander Luis Garcia is scheduled for Tommy John surgery on his elbow and will miss the rest of this season and the start of 2024.

www.espn.com

Error

Luis Garcia - Boston Red Sox Relief Pitcher - ESPN

View the profile of Boston Red Sox Relief Pitcher Luis Garcia on ESPN. Get the latest news, live stats and game highlights.

www.espn.com

Real

Luis Garcia - Houston Astros Starting Pitcher - ESPN

View the profile of Houston Astros Starting Pitcher Luis Garcia on ESPN. Get the latest news, live stats and game highlights.

www.espn.com

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. Any time I read an article on a topic I know about in the mainstream media (e.g. not specialty publications), I spot at least one glaring, blatant error. So why would I trust them on anything. Why would I trust them to be the arbiters on what is objectively true or false, a title they have given themselves in the "war on dis/misinformation".

Michael Crichton was an incredible person and it is a great disservice to mankind that he passed away at only 66.

 

[TheMan]

Journalism isn’t about telling the truth any more, it’s about creating buzz. It’s ridiculous. I don’t believe anyone any more.

Yup. 24 hour news cycle and the need to chase ratings means that simply reporting the facts isn’t enough.

 

[Jsisto]

It’s the unholy marriage of social media and what Chomsky outlined in Manufacturing Consent. There’s good journalism out there, but you have to seek it out.

 

[Outlier]

A lot of these people are just in it for the money. They don't care what journalism is suppose to be about, anymore.
Government involvement makes it worse.

 

[Laptop1991]

It's got to the point i don't believe any journalist anymore and just trust Youtuber's etc who show you and tell the truth.

 

[Ballthyrm]

Journalism has been diluted into oblivion. With mass media, the real journalists are being drowned into irrelevance.
Most young people nowadays haven't ever seen "real journalism" so they don't attach any value to it.
You can't miss what you never had.

Even with substack and other platform where you can find the real journalist nowaday, they only reach their target audience.
Audience that sought them out because they wanted someone to do the hard work and were willing to pay for it.

 

[PaddyOCanager]

Downhill?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?

It's fucking dead friendo, and we've been smelling the corpse rot for years.