Jeff Jarvis on Nostr: A journalist *almost* takes responsibility for the misinformed public: "Many ...
A journalist *almost* takes responsibility for the misinformed public: "Many commentators...blame the media for the public’s economic illiteracy." But then she turns the blame on us: "If the media has a bad-news bias, that’s because our audiences have a bad-news bias, too." Journalists are incapable of meaningful self-reflection, incapable of taking responsibility.
Nearly everything Americans believe about the economy is wrong
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/28/economy-gloom-voters-inflation/Published at
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