• OfficialBenGarrison [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    The new media and its consequences has been a disaster for the human race:

    See what happens when you make the journalist process more democratic? People pick and choose what to believe and only tell themselves what they want to believe.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      See what happens when you make the journalist process more democratic?

      If Twitter didn't exist, Ben Shapiro would be doing this dance on the modern iteration of Meet The Press or Crossfire. We've mystified the means by which celebrity pundits promote themselves (paid promotions and bot-swarm interactions). We haven't actually shifted the content to favor "democratic journalism". If we did, Donald Trump would still have a Twitter account and Ben Shapiro would trail behind a dozen high profile QAnoners in popularity.