[mtnygard]

I hadn’t seen that post before. This paragraph hit me as a tragic irony:

‘This seems to be true, but the curious thing is that I’m never involved. The government commits a crime, the New York Times prints it on the front page, the people on the cable chat shows foam at the mouth about it, the government apologizes and commits the crime more subtly. It’s a valuable system — I certainly support the government being more subtle about committing crimes (well, for the sake of argument, at least) — but you notice how it never involves me?’

[stevage]

The bit his argument is missing is about how the news gets funded.

Me, currently I pay for a Guardian subscription, because I think it plays an important role in our democracy - although I don't actually read it.

[solarkraft]

I occasionally do, so thank you!

[Buttons840]

Plus, whatever the news is talking about endlessly this week will most likely be far down the list of important events come next voting seasons (or whatever milestone is important to you).

[Balgair]

Kinda like the Murry Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect

https://loricism.fandom.com/wiki/Gell-Mann_Amnesia_Effect