This reading explains how Meta didn't disclose what happened to posts flags as inaccurate. I feel like this doesn't help at all because it doesn't tell us if it was deleted or not. Watching what goes on social media is difficult because people post all the time. I don't think this issue will get solved quickly but it also makes me wonder if we will ever get to the point of flagging and deleting wrong information. #so315

Something I took away from Chloe's story was how demanding and traumatizing the job is. We saw to fix what goes on social media we need to monitor what people post and delete it if it's bad but then that just hurts those who do that job. It makes me wonder, will we ever be able to constantly watch and possibly delete what people post on social media? #so315

The section about language theory was interesting to me. Cline stated that language is “never innocent” meaning language is never neutral. World views, ideologies, and lived experiences make our language political when we speak. So even though someone might claim to be neutral, their language and world views may not be as neutral as they want to believe. #so315

One point from the Jensen article I found interesting was that journalists tasks is not to settle questions but get ideas circulating. I think this shows how people will read something and think it's an answer when it's really supposed to be getting ideas flowing for different topics. #so315

Something that interested me was the idea that depending on what people choose to report or not report is reflective of their bias. I think many times we look at what is being reported and wonder if that reporter had bias but not at what they didn't report and what that tells us about their preferences and bias. #so315

They also talked about how although it may be denied, it is known that social media accounts and platforms are managed for the president. So it makes me wonder, do they know what's being posted for them? Do posts have to be run by the president before they are posted? #so315

The podcast starts off discussing how Nixon was basically pushed out of office by the media. But when Trump came in he didn't let the media push him out. They discussed how he went at the media and didn't allow it to take him down. This also seems to me that he was just more aggressive and loud towards the media. #so315

This ownership takeover leaves local news with nothing. It creates more news deserts and areas lack any local news. A small rural area with a smaller population, which is lots of towns in the midwest, struggles to have local news because they are taken over by larger ownership. These areas are more likely to become news deserts because they can't really fight back for their local news. #so315

The large ownership of different media reduces diversity. People already don't go look up news and media themselves so with the larger ownerships the news given to us is limited. They may all give out similar opinions on news which limits our ability to see different views. #so315

I knew that many news websites cost money but I never thought about what's free and what costs money. The article talks about how the lies and attention grabbers are usually free but more of the truth is behind a pay wall. They know people are less likely to pay so they get the lies for free. #so315