https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=%22fake%20news%22
I find it amazing that despite decades of tabloids selling fake news, it has only become a hysterical, existential danger RIGHT NOW.
I find it amazing that despite decades of tabloids selling fake news, it has only become a hysterical, existential danger RIGHT NOW.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh–Sandra_Fluke_con...
I've noticed that ever since the election result, it seems like the NYT has completely lost their minds, nothing but doom and gloom. At least wait until something happens to report on rather than rampant speculation. I'm so sick of hearing about Trump. Isn't there any news fit to print?
I remember when Hillary started using the term "alt-right" on the campaign trail, as if it were something different than the typical Fox / Drudge / Limbaugh drivel. It seems as though she was trying to protect the GOP from the master it created by disassociating it somehow. It's the same ole same ole, just evolved.
Traditional mass media was considered "news". They had to pretend to be impartial for the magic to work. Now they never were. Chomsky and Herman documented that very well in Manufacturing Consent work.
What happened just recently is that those outlets have realized they lost control. They could not manufacture consent easily any more. They sure tried. But something broke in the machinery. So they lashed out in a desperation and came up with "Fake News".
It is like hitting the "launch" button in a nuclear war. It is mutually assured destruction. They labeled everything else "Fake News" but they also ended up being "Fake News" as well.
So here we are. What are the real news? I am not so sure. The reality is that there was never any real news. This is just a lot more people realizing it.