“The very idea of collectively tuning in to history as it happens has been altered, as the profusion of channels and platforms now funnels audience members into self-segregated affinity groups where messages are shaped more for confirmation than enlightenment.”
The pervasive amount of news media criticism in the U.S. has intensified the erosion of trust in American journalism, but such discussion can be seen as a sign of democratic health.
Sometimes the biggest story does not advance as quickly as journalists might hope. It is in these moments of seeming stasis that journalistic repetition can become more powerful and serve as a way to hold government accountable.
The great interrogations of TV news history didn’t happen live. “There’s one option that could be considered by these programs: not inviting guests who will mislead audiences with provably inaccurate information.”
Recent police raids against journalists in Australia and the United States seek to instill fear in the minds of journalists and their sources — less to punish the last story than to discourage the next one.
“Traditionally, it’s not been state censorship that’s cleansed American public debate. Rather, since the advent of electronic communication, commercial corporations have often acted out of fear of reprisal — from both the government and the public.”
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Socolow, Michael J.. "There will always be another Alex Jones, a glitch in the American system." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 9 Aug. 2018. Web. 16 Apr. 2024.
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Socolow, M. (2018, Aug. 9). There will always be another Alex Jones, a glitch in the American system. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/08/there-will-always-be-another-alex-jones-a-glitch-in-the-american-system/
Chicago
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