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by CM30 2897 days ago
Especially true in the UK, where the newspapers are dire and the media has ignored any sense of ethics or accuracy in exchange for pandering to their individual echo chambers. If your standard for journalism (for many people) is the Daily Mail or the Sun or the Daily Mirror, is there really a huge difference between that and the fake news and outrage driven clickbait seen on social media?

Even the more upmarket ones like the Guardian and Telegraph pander to their audience and twist stories to fit political slants...