Again, factual reporting of matters such as climate change and the value of vaccination in protecting against Covid, by major media has been labelled biased by right-wing politicians and right-wing commentators on social media, contributing significantly to growing distrust in traditional media.
I try to "show my working" as our maths teachers would remind us. Media coming under monopoly ownership (NewsCorp & Sinclair) is just as detrimental to a free press as state propaganda (Russia Today & KCNA).
No, I don't think media freedom is at risk. I think that social media and news sites like aldaily.com plus traditional old school media in paper and online present us with a wide range of information. The daily printed newspaper though is an anachronism and will fade away. The Australian online is a bargain...
Call me old-fashioned, Mike, but I do like a good printed newspaper. I often read NZ Herald in a caf. It's a while since I looked at aldaily, but I liked it when first appeared.
Again, factual reporting of matters such as climate change and the value of vaccination in protecting against Covid, by major media has been labelled biased by right-wing politicians and right-wing commentators on social media, contributing significantly to growing distrust in traditional media.
I wrote something on media bias sites for everyone here. https://www.publicenlightenment.com/p/can-media-bias-sites-be-trusted?r=2xd80&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
I try to "show my working" as our maths teachers would remind us. Media coming under monopoly ownership (NewsCorp & Sinclair) is just as detrimental to a free press as state propaganda (Russia Today & KCNA).
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/media-consolidation-monopoly-big-5/
True. Murdoch et al. In universities, it appears that the threats may come more often from within the institution itself:
https://theconversation.com/swedish-academics-suffer-widespread-threat-and-harassment-most-of-it-from-their-own-colleagues-and-students-245602
No, I don't think media freedom is at risk. I think that social media and news sites like aldaily.com plus traditional old school media in paper and online present us with a wide range of information. The daily printed newspaper though is an anachronism and will fade away. The Australian online is a bargain...
Call me old-fashioned, Mike, but I do like a good printed newspaper. I often read NZ Herald in a caf. It's a while since I looked at aldaily, but I liked it when first appeared.