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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
However this is what the profession of Journalism is supposed to do, cut through the glut of information to get to the heart of the matter. Wikileaks will help them do their job. It will not eliminate shoddy journalism or misinformation.
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Professional journalism is dying. The Internet is killing it.
People tend to pick whatever source tells them what they want to hear. They evaluate sources accordingly. Mainstream media is rejected because it is elitist or liberal.
Confirmation bias will go to great lengths to find the allies it needs. I stay in touch with people of varying political philosophies including people here to combat this tendency.
There are even people on the Internet who lie just to catch people in it so they can say "Gotcha." Success is when they catch a high profile celebrity, politician or pundit.