Posted on 12/16/2016 7:32:21 AM PST by SeekAndFind
When reporters ask celebrities to comment on politics, there's some sense of an expected answer. No doubt, when a reporter asked Denzel Washington to chime in on the subject of "fake news," she expected him to offer hand-wringing concern about reckless right-wing commentary. Instead, she got a flat-out rebuke.
What is the long-term effect of too much information? One of the effects is the need to be first, not even to be true anymore. So what a responsibility you all [in the media] have... to tell the truth, not just to be first, but to tell the truth. We live in a society now where it's just first. "Who cares?" [the media seems to say,] "Get it out there. We don't care who it hurts. We don't care who we destroy. We don't care if it's true. Just say it, sell it."
That's correct. Journalists bear responsibility to seek first the truth. For better or worse, as consumers of media, we retain the ability to hold journalists accountable through our patronage.
The market will grow to handle "fake news" in time. Right now, social media and the internet remain relatively recent developments. The market has yet to process the abundance of available information. People see headlines in their newsfeeds and accept them on faith without reading the article or vetting the source. But the very advent of "fake news" as an issue indicates a growing awareness which will eventually result in greater discernment, both personally and institutionally. Just as newspapers, magazines, and television news programs develop reputations for accuracy, online outlets will become known for their status on the spectrum from hard news to tabloid garbage.
Shoulda gone all Equalizer on her ass.
Ram her pen up through the bottom of her jaw or something..
The result is crap made up to fill the excess hours and help to sell commercial time.
News is data. Anyone that works with data is very familiar with the concept “garbage in, garbage out”
Mr Washington nails it. Most news sources would rather be first, then retract or correct their data. Which gives us a LOT of garbage data
Being a huge Denzel fan, that is one kick ass movie
Clearly he’s not infected with Hollywooditis. Why not? I for one have to admit, it has to be doubly hard for a black man to buck the current trends.
The Left media may regret pushing the meme of “Fake News”.
Denzel has had plenty of fake news put out about him.
I disagree. There is PLENTY of news that could be broadcast to fill the 24 hours, but the networks are constantly feeding the same 3 stories repeatedly. The headlines change one at a time every few hours, but it’s the same tripe over and over and over and over again, on every channel. Some actual investigative reporting of, say the DAPL story or the Kinder Morgan expansion, or the removal of aerial surveillance on the Mexico border.
Fox is no better than the rest, though they at least TRY to present the stories in a centrist fashion as opposed to the barking moonbats of MSNBC et al.
I could watch Denzel read the phonebook. Great actor.
Just watched the equalizer for the first time a couple of days ago. Badass.
Pooper scooper is 100% fake news...
Eric Severeid warned us all years ago about the merger of news and entertainment. Now, we’re here.
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