Matt Rogers 
“News” as entertainment is killing democracy.
🍸Pooka🥕Boo🍸Nothing is news anymore. It's all infotainment from a corporatist media-infotainment complex.
TC Won't Give In To Lies@lednabm @politidope
I've long thought that the best tool to fight disinformation is a "truth in labeling" approach.
1) legal definition of what is "news" (vs "opinion", entertainment, etc)
2) civil and criminal cases for fraud against those claiming "news" that isn't
Urban Hermit@TCatInReality @lednabm @politidope
In an ideal world we wouldn't have to try and force labelling on facts verses editorial opinions. But the powerful people who buy news organizations very much want us to confuse their opinions for facts, so here we are, in the less than ideal world.
And coddling those lies in more ego boosting nuggets of misinformation for the poorly informed is just how they have gotten better at propaganda for profit.
@Urban_Hermit @lednabm @politidope
100% right!!!!
"News" was always partisan. But decades of oligarchy, profits and technology have taken it to new, society-destroying levels. Just like corporatism has destroyed the planet, income inequality, etc in other spaces.
Breaking up the media oligarchies, truth in labeling and some product safety limits on the tech would have massive benefits.