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minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down2·edit-27 months agoAlmost all of the local press in swing states failed to cover Trump’s corrupt offer to oil executives. The problem isn’t “people think something else is important” — it’s mostly that nobody hears about the big issue in the first place because the press is covering other issues.
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minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·7 months agoIt not one or the other — there’s a relationship between the lack of coverage, and people not being concerned.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoIt seems like news also used to cover issues that were important, that people should care more about, even if they don’t. Then we had Jon Stewart to cover (in the context of comedy) important news that News didn’t bother with Now we have nothing
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Almost all of the local press in swing states failed to cover Trump’s corrupt offer to oil executives.
The problem isn’t “people think something else is important” — it’s mostly that nobody hears about the big issue in the first place because the press is covering other issues.
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It not one or the other — there’s a relationship between the lack of coverage, and people not being concerned.
It seems like news also used to cover issues that were important, that people should care more about, even if they don’t.
Then we had Jon Stewart to cover (in the context of comedy) important news that News didn’t bother with
Now we have nothing
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