northman on Nostr: I used to keep myself informed daily by reading a wide range of news articles from ...
I used to keep myself informed daily by reading a wide range of news articles from around the World: The Economist, Le Monde, The Times, BBC, CBC, CNN, New York Times, Jornal do Brasil, South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera, Russia Today, etc. They offered a diverse range of views, with the truth usually being found somewhere in the middle.
Then, bit by bit, the viewpoints in the various organizations began to converge, while deviating from what I was observing around me. Then, starting with Covid19, nothing that I was reading made sense, particularly in the Western media. It became clear that the press was being used overtly to shape popular opinion into adhering to the governments' agenda. Dissenting views were crushed.
While a large proportion of the older population continues to believe what they are reading, younger generations are seeing through the manipulation and have become completely disengaged from the mainstream press, and readership and viewership are collapsing. Is it any surprise that governments are now having to increasingly subsidize their 'approved' news organizations?
Then, bit by bit, the viewpoints in the various organizations began to converge, while deviating from what I was observing around me. Then, starting with Covid19, nothing that I was reading made sense, particularly in the Western media. It became clear that the press was being used overtly to shape popular opinion into adhering to the governments' agenda. Dissenting views were crushed.
While a large proportion of the older population continues to believe what they are reading, younger generations are seeing through the manipulation and have become completely disengaged from the mainstream press, and readership and viewership are collapsing. Is it any surprise that governments are now having to increasingly subsidize their 'approved' news organizations?