Subj : Re: First Racist Presiden
To   : Nick Andre
From : Dennis Katsonis
Date : Thu Aug 27 2020 10:26 pm

-=> Nick Andre wrote to Dennis Katsonis <=-

NA> On 27 Aug 20  11:03:00, Dennis Katsonis said the following to Nick
NA> Andre:

DK> I think you are right here.  People usually blame the Internet for the
decl
DK> in mainstream news, and the need to compete with blogs and such.  But I
don
DK> buy this.  The reason is I don't think they are trying to be respectable
an
DK> decent.  For example, I read an article on news.com.au, which is a major
DK> Australian online news site, about the RNC convention, and it was pure
DK> editorialising.  The writer was blithely assuming that all the readers
woul

NA> Oh I've seen the editorialising too, I'm in Canada and not sure if you
NA> read my other messages but it is mostly a liberal-leaning slant in all
NA> of our media here. But... I'm one to actually agree that the Internet
NA> "kinda-sorta" is the problem. Specifically social media. The rise of
NA> Twitter has made various news outlets just copy-n-paste from Twitter as
NA> its seen as the official voice for whoever it is, whether its a
NA> celebrity or President Trump or whoever.

I haven't seen all the thread.  I remember at the time the 9/11 attacks
happened, shortly afterwards, the media when talking about Afghanistan and Al
Quaeda would always include a paragraph about Iraq.  Not that it was related,
it was just there.  They were clearly pushing an agenda.

Social media has definately accelerated things big time, but I think the rot
was set in beforehand.  I find it hard to believe we would have a great
mainstream media, if it weren't for social media.  Do they really need to take
4 tweets and manufacture a story?  Is it really necessary?  Or is it more that
journalists now see their job as pushing a social agenda?

I think people going into journalism now, more and more, see their role as
pushing social change, pushing an agenda, and you only really make it, if you
agree with the groupthink of the MSM.


... Dennis Katsonis
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