
1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.
Put simply: right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org (@mmfa) did this study and been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...... See more
Unlike legacy news, alt-media allows viewers to choose a narrative that most appeals to them. Adjusting for the sensationalism and attention baiting that is common practice within right-wing media (and of course the ever deepening pockets of the oligarchs that fund them), we are still left with a landscape that is vastly disproportionate.
Doomscroll: Ana Kasparian
The New York Times will triumph financially, dramatically so, and utterly fail as an intellectual institution, at least by its former standards. The editorial branding will be august pronouncements about ‘the paper of record’, but the business model is pure Netflix: All The News Fit To Binge.
Antonio Garcia Martinez • Twilight of the Media Elites
Disinformation
Difference between ability to inform and ability to persuade
Diffeeent forms of media geared towards visuals and shortcuts without words - populist politics
Trillions how to drive news coverage and people liked him andbyenrodenitnapl the way to the Whitehouse
People don’t care about white papers. They carenifnirnon their side. Measured... See more
Difference between ability to inform and ability to persuade
Diffeeent forms of media geared towards visuals and shortcuts without words - populist politics
Trillions how to drive news coverage and people liked him andbyenrodenitnapl the way to the Whitehouse
People don’t care about white papers. They carenifnirnon their side. Measured... See more
The other problem with media comes from the new subscription business model they implemented. With an increasing polarization, media outlets must stay in their political leaning. If they don’t, they face a massive loss of subscriptions. An example of this happened recently with the NYT. By publishing “Send in the Troops,” the company faced one of... See more
