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This is the crux of the #Trump problem vis a vis the #media #news #misinformation #disinformation #lies #Maga #MagaMedia

It's a quote from Oliver Darcy on Bluesky. I think his newsletter status.news is paywalled

But this is a perfect summary
The issue gets to the difficulty all news networks are grappling with as Trump returns to power. News executives believe that their programming should reflect the views of Americans across the political spectrum and are hesitant, to say the least, of icing out half the country in their coverage. But, at the same time, much of the country believes falsehoods pushed by Trump and his MAGA allies, such as the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. What is a news organization to do when so many people have been misinformed, almost entirely due to the toxic waste contaminating the public discourse as a result of Trump's lies and the propaganda pushed by his allies? Is it really the journalistically prudent decision to fold into coverage viewpoints that are not grounded in reality? Of course, the answer is quite simple: Amplifying those who promote falsehoods, even if they genuinely believe them, only serves to misinform audiences. But arriving at that conclusion would also mean acknowledging that truth-based organizations are primarily only going to serve one-half of the country, given that the vast majority of the Republican Party is under the trance of Trump and his propagandists. And that seems to be a reality that too many news executives, constantly enamored with attracting conservative eyeballs, simply cannot accept.
#news #trump #misinformation #maga #media #disinformation #lies #magamedia

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