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Journalism and the Rise of Fake, Socialistic Media
From
Buzzfeed releasing a fake [and
ludicrous] Trump dossier to the Huffington Post, or as I call them –the
PuffPost- slamming the First Lady for the shoes she wore to visit disaster
victims to Brian Ross of ABC News reporting the fake story that President Trump
ordered former national security adviser Michael Flynn to contact Russian
officials [untrue] to CNN and virtually all mainstream media news outlets
constant pumping out biased, less-than-truthful attacks on Trump – fake news is
a real problem.
Media
coverage both online [especially online via the new Verizon-owned Yahoo] and
through major network news outlets has been so negative of Trump that according
to Newsbusters.com, the American public has become increasingly polarized over
the coverage. Nearly 76% of those the
Poor Man polled via Morning Consult believe the news media actually invent
stories about Trump and his administration.
An
analysis from the Media Research Center revealed that ABC, CBS and NBC evening
newscasts covered the Trump presidency for one out of every three minutes of
their evening news airtime. Not
surprisingly, the tone of coverage was incessantly hostile. A full 90% of the network coverage was negative,
compared to only 10% positive. [We
monitored the wording used when reports were given and compared them to similar
reports of Obama and invariably, negative words were used more often even in
such cases for example where job numbers increased substantially versus those
under Obama].
Additionally,
more than two-thirds of the coverage focused on controversies rather than
policy, with the bogus Russia investigation alone accounting for one-fifth of
all the coverage. Contrast that with
Obama’s secret spending of $350,000 trying to influence the election in Israel
and the main three networks barely mentioned the incident despite the large
amount of coverage it received in the foreign press!
The
PEW Research Center, not a pro-Trump group by any stretch, found that the news
coverage of Trump has been 62% negative and only 5% positive. Not surprising, journalists are overwhelming
Democrat or Socialist. Also, most are
not the cream of the crop when it comes to IQ or objectivity [this is
especially true for the writers at the “PuffPost” or Newsweek, which has
nosedived in quality during the past few years]. In fact, a study released last year by
neuroscientist Tara Swart suggests members of the mainstream media are ill
equipped to do their job.
As
reported by Business Insider [May
2017], “Journalists brains
show a lower-than-average level of executive functioning, according to a new
study, which means they have below-average ability to regulate their emotions,
suppress biases, solve complex problems, and show creative and flexible
thinking.”
Investigative
journalist and activist James O’Keefe just released his book on the subject of
fake news, American Pravda: My Fight for Truth in the Era of Fake
News. O’Keefe is famous for his
undercover sting against ACORN and most recently Twitter.
Employees
of the social media site were caught admitting they manipulate users’ news
feeds and try to limit the reach of right-leaning voices through
shadow-banning, suspending, or outright terminating their accounts.
FCC
Chairman Ajit Pai criticized Twitter for its digital censorship practices, “Let’s
not kid ourselves. When it comes to an
open internet, Twitter is part of the problem,” he said.
Meanwhile,
Facebook and Google have taken to filtering and so-called fact checking content
put out by conservatives [are they doing the same to progressives and
socialists]?
No
one in Congress to date has introduced legislation proposing any kind of “Shall
Not Censor” rules forcing social networks to live up to their original promise
of protecting free speech. Perhaps the
free market might offer a better alternative with platforms such as Gab.ai and
Minds.com
What about you? Got anything interesting
to share?
Bruce, the Poor Man, free thinker, social critic
& cynic
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