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fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

The Cynical, Gullible American Man

Americans are also facing a bizarre epidemic of gullibility and cynicism-gullicism, if you need a portmanteau-that is drawing people into a world of conspiracism and falsehoods, one where facts are drowned out by a cacophony of extremely loud and wrong voices. Reliable information is both more available and harder to find than ever.
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fromNieman Lab
3 months ago

Journalism will stop relying on exposure to hold the powerful accountable

Journalism must abandon the assumption that exposure alone yields accountability and instead reshape operating environments using financial pressure and systemic interventions.
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