I say kill every news agency or make it’s they can only say facts and not opinion pieces. No interpreting the facts, just reporting actual facts without the added opinion. And if you’re caught lying or trying to mislead, actual jail time for the person saying it. It shouldn’t be a right to lie to the public for money. Should be totally illegal to lie on air.
There are so many ways to mislead, sometimes not even intentionally or maliciously. Like, is the passive voice going to have to go? There’s a difference between like “Man killed after interaction with police” and “police fatally shoot man”
I’m inclined to agree with your intent, I think, but I don’t know how to implement it
Yeah i imagine there isn’t really a solution to the problem aside from educating people well enough that they can see through the bs on their own. But we know that will never happen
Democratic values work really well. Things like public education, transparency laws, public discourse, and campaign finance reform all have been good for society. And it’s why the conservatives (and to some extent the Liberals) oppose them. Stronger democratic controls on social media would be a big step away from fascism.
I say kill every news agency or make it’s they can only say facts and not opinion pieces. No interpreting the facts, just reporting actual facts without the added opinion. And if you’re caught lying or trying to mislead, actual jail time for the person saying it. It shouldn’t be a right to lie to the public for money. Should be totally illegal to lie on air.
That sounds really tricky to implement.
There are so many ways to mislead, sometimes not even intentionally or maliciously. Like, is the passive voice going to have to go? There’s a difference between like “Man killed after interaction with police” and “police fatally shoot man”
I’m inclined to agree with your intent, I think, but I don’t know how to implement it
Yeah i imagine there isn’t really a solution to the problem aside from educating people well enough that they can see through the bs on their own. But we know that will never happen
Democratic values work really well. Things like public education, transparency laws, public discourse, and campaign finance reform all have been good for society. And it’s why the conservatives (and to some extent the Liberals) oppose them. Stronger democratic controls on social media would be a big step away from fascism.