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[-] intelshill@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

The funny thing about it is that news is no more or less truthful than it's always been, it's just more upfront about it. People are tribal, and they've been told that their tribe is flawless while the other tribe is flawed.

If you think about this for a second and apply some basic game theory, you'd realize what the natural steady state is.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

I know that’s true in the US, specifically. The FCC abandoned the Fairness doctrine, and Citizens United v. FEC removed even the semblance of a barrier between the capitalist class and the political machine. Now most corporate media outlets pretty nakedly align themselves with one of the two political parties. But since both parties always ultimately answer to the capitalist class, these changes are largely cosmetic. It’s still a bunch of kayfabe in a rigged game.

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