QuoteSo when people site a loss of confidence is journalism that is troubling.
Speaking personally, my distrust comes from everything you said before this quoted text. Specifically, this.
QuoteAlso you have to separate what is journalism and opinionated news programming. The line's been blurred between what is news and entertainment. Most on air 24 hour tv news channels and radio are not journalism, they are opinion and entertainment. Many newspaper agencies are still manned by journalist's and adhere to strict ethical guidelines.
EVEN if I grant you that last part, and that's a big even, you're still describing exactly the kind of environment where shit like that Rolling Stones article and its effects can become more prevalent. It's a danger you have to consider. The 24 hour news cycle and the need for views is poison to integrity. Telling me there's 'pure sources' out there that the likes of CNN can draw from doesn't really reassure me, man, it just makes those sources seem powerless and likely to get a bit tainted themselves.
QuoteHowever is it really what is happening or just confusion on what is and is not real journalism. I mean you think fake news was by accident?
What, exactly, are you saying here? I don't want to misunderstand you, and I also don't want to be misunderstood as irrationally against 'da mainstream media what is evil and money'. I want to be able to trust news sources, really, but as you've said, the lines are blurred. I always feel like I'm walking a minefield whenever I need to find a source on anything to add to these discussions, just in case it's a shitty source that looks presentable and I end up looking bad and discrediting whatever point I'm trying to get across.
Honestly, such a scenario makes the minutia of journalism vs reporting seem kind of pointless. Does it matter where the information is coming from if the way I need to consume it is this f**ked? The potential presence of good corn in a shit tornado isn't very appealing.