perishthethought@lemm.ee to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe ad in the middle of this article about conspiracy theoriesi.imgflip.comimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1509arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1500arrow-down1imageThe ad in the middle of this article about conspiracy theoriesi.imgflip.comperishthethought@lemm.ee to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down6·1 year agoThe MSM tries to act like the voice of reason when they’re the biggest purveyors of disinfo by a wide margin.
minus-squareperishthethought@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoIf you mean via ads like this, I would agree. They could do more to filter out the garbage. But if you mean in their content, I’m not seeing that, beyond the usual (long history) leaning to one side or another. But these are two very different things and shouldn’t be equated.
The MSM tries to act like the voice of reason when they’re the biggest purveyors of disinfo by a wide margin.
If you mean via ads like this, I would agree. They could do more to filter out the garbage.
But if you mean in their content, I’m not seeing that, beyond the usual (long history) leaning to one side or another.
But these are two very different things and shouldn’t be equated.