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News Organizations Are Tiptoeing Around What We All Saw

www.readtpa.com · Parker Molloy · last updated
This week, we watched as the world’s richest man appeared to give a Nazi salute at Trump’s post-inauguration rally. Twice. Then we watched as mainstream media outlets bent over backwards to avoid saying what we all saw.

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In an increasingly fractured media landscape, truth has been a casualty in the public discussion. Coverage has been warped by the business needs of struggling news organizations, and a significant segment of the public relies on bad-faith outlets that are little more than propagandists. While fact-checking has become routine, some organizations are exploring other ways to combat the trends. And misinformation spewed by AI-driven chatbots has become more of a feature than simply a bug. 

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