We deceive ourselves if we imagine New York Times and other mainstream media outlets don't know better, as they employ the deceptive both-sides nonsense.
They know better. They just do not intend to do better.
This rhetoric allows them to comfort their many deep-pocketed Republican owners, managers, readers who want to pretend that in voting Republican, they're not colluding with something malodorous, to get their tax cuts.
If you're interested in how the media treats AI hype, you might enjoy this:
"... the hidden object is not a technology, but a bid for power. This is a plot twist familiar from Greek myths, cautionary tales and superhero stories, and it’s extremely compelling for journalists because most technology news is boring as hell."
"West Virginia leads the nation in drug deaths, with more than three times the per capita rate of California; why is there no media drumbeat against Gov. Jim Justice?”
Broke-Ass Stuart shoots fish in a barrel, with loads of receipts. This is an excellent compendium of recent sources for SF media coverage vs. reality
...there are millions of transactions every single day in which Google (representing a publisher) tells Google (representing the marketplace) about an ad-slot for sale; whereupon Google (representing many different advertisers) places bids on that ad-slot.
‘Isn’t #Journalism about Finding New Stories?’: The #Climate News the Media Ignores – Byline Times
“Rachel Donald talks to #scientists and #activists who are turning to protest because of the gate-keepers in the #media who refuse to cover their #research.”
Anna Delvey has announced her next move: A podcast. The fake heiress will be recording from her East Village apartment, since she's currently under house arrest after being convicted for crimes including grand larceny. Here's a look at a trailer, first guests, topics for discussion, and her other big new venture.
I'm slowly working on updating ~950 #movies in standard definition to 720p/1080p. Next will be anything leftover that is less than 720p but higher than SD.
How did we decide to call the targeting of vulnerable people by the far right "the Culture Wars"?
No one is calling up Target and making physical threats bc they sell shirts with crosses on them.
How did the #media come to give sustained attention to a bunch of far right wingers yelling "woke! woke! woke!" rather than the fact that their only policy proposals are to beat up Disney and undermine sound health guidelines? #fascism#Republicans