"... This style of journalism, called "both sides" reporting or the "view from nowhere," is a trademark of our declining corporate press. It buries the truth in favor of an faux-objectivity in order to avoid offending advertisers, readers (ad viewers), sources, or media ownership (almost always conservative white men).

The result is pseudo-journalistic artifice designed to look like useful reporting. It's function is to sell ads (which it doesn't even do very well), coddle power, normalize corrupt corporatism, and provide a fake sense of understanding to MBAs who don't want to think too deeply about the ethics of their personal pursuit of wealth.

Like most Carr reporting I've read, the Financial Times is able to discuss Carr's censorship, but never mentions that Carr has taken a hatchet to corporate oversight and consumer protection. His real world policy impact on people, workers, and consumers genuinely isn't of interest to them.

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It used to be a point of pride for a journalist to land an interview with a major public figure. Now, it's more than likely that you were chosen specifically because people in power know you lack the chops to meaningfully push.

... a vast sea of artifice, designed to distract, normalize, and give the vague impression of the thoughtful conveyance of useful information, but with all pointed, truthful edges sanded off to a harmless nub."

#journalism #media #reporting #fascism #bothSides #viewFromNowhere #literacy #education #propaganda #disinformation

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tweeting about marner against my better judgement...

it is possible that #bothsides of the debate should simply be more sensitive to opponent defensive quality