Is this the era of post-truth politics?
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Those doing the TJC Prelim 2016 Compre in Lying may want to ead this article and make the necessary connections -- if any.
Nite the useful example regarding the lie touted by the pro-Brexit camp: UK paid 350million pounds to the EU every week.....and the one concerning migrants from Turkey.
Another 'colourful example for BANGing involving Hillary Clinton (see underlined portion in ecerpt below)
Sift out the points/reasons from the excerpts below as to why the media tells untruths:
"And then, there is the proliferation of media platforms, allowing people to form their own virtual universes, their own echo chambers where they are persuaded to believe the absolute worst about political opponents. If you are an American voter watching Fox News, you are likely to believe anything bad about the centre-left of American politics, including a potential claim that Mrs Clinton eats children for breakfast; conversely, if you watch the MSNBC TV network in the US, you are liable to believe claims that all right-wingers are just closet Nazis. Feeding lies to such audiences is the equivalent of lighting matches in dry forests: It's guaranteed to create a firestorm. And once this firestorm rages, assertions from post-truth politicians suddenly acquire an aura of credibility."
"mainstream media platforms jealously guard their professional reputation, and do not want to appear strident by branding some statements as untruths. Still, the old adage that "everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts" is as valid today as it was when uttered by the US Senator Daniel Moynihan in the 1960s; lies should be exposed and branded as such in the mainstream media."
One strong idea emerges through the article......much as we like to point an accusing finger at the media for misinforming us, we fail to recognise that the we are to be blamed in the first place. The media is just reporting what we want to hear....people are sceptical of facts and the experts' views...so coloured by our own bias and prejudices that the politicians and govt sometimes gave up explaining. .Opportunitistic politicians however, will seize on this and tell us what we want to hear (think Hitler and Trump) and the media just reports verbatim....so can we say it is not media's fault but man who is doing the misinforming?
Qn: Consider the claim that the media today misinforms more than it informs. (TJC Prelim 2016)
Those doing the TJC Prelim 2016 Compre in Lying may want to ead this article and make the necessary connections -- if any.
Nite the useful example regarding the lie touted by the pro-Brexit camp: UK paid 350million pounds to the EU every week.....and the one concerning migrants from Turkey.
Another 'colourful example for BANGing involving Hillary Clinton (see underlined portion in ecerpt below)
Sift out the points/reasons from the excerpts below as to why the media tells untruths:
"And then, there is the proliferation of media platforms, allowing people to form their own virtual universes, their own echo chambers where they are persuaded to believe the absolute worst about political opponents. If you are an American voter watching Fox News, you are likely to believe anything bad about the centre-left of American politics, including a potential claim that Mrs Clinton eats children for breakfast; conversely, if you watch the MSNBC TV network in the US, you are liable to believe claims that all right-wingers are just closet Nazis. Feeding lies to such audiences is the equivalent of lighting matches in dry forests: It's guaranteed to create a firestorm. And once this firestorm rages, assertions from post-truth politicians suddenly acquire an aura of credibility."
"mainstream media platforms jealously guard their professional reputation, and do not want to appear strident by branding some statements as untruths. Still, the old adage that "everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts" is as valid today as it was when uttered by the US Senator Daniel Moynihan in the 1960s; lies should be exposed and branded as such in the mainstream media."
One strong idea emerges through the article......much as we like to point an accusing finger at the media for misinforming us, we fail to recognise that the we are to be blamed in the first place. The media is just reporting what we want to hear....people are sceptical of facts and the experts' views...so coloured by our own bias and prejudices that the politicians and govt sometimes gave up explaining. .Opportunitistic politicians however, will seize on this and tell us what we want to hear (think Hitler and Trump) and the media just reports verbatim....so can we say it is not media's fault but man who is doing the misinforming?
Qn: Consider the claim that the media today misinforms more than it informs. (TJC Prelim 2016)
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