'Broken' news industry faces uncertain future
From disinformation campaigns to soaring scepticism, plummeting trust and economic slumps, the global media landscape has been hit with blow after blow.
World News Day, taking place on Saturday with the support of hundreds of organisations including AFP, aims to raise awareness about the challenges endangering the hard-pressed industry.
- 'Broken business model' -
In 2022, UNESCO warned that "the business model of the news media is broken".
I suppose it's possible that trivia, misinformation, distortion, bias, propaganda, obvious lies, clickbait, ignorance, celebrity obsession, arrogance, and supercilious demonising of ordinary people might get up the nose of ordinary people.
Just a thought.
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Unfortunately the 'news' industry is now part of a wider 'entertainment' industry. And being mere 'entertainment' undermines any requirement for accuracy.
Being optimistic people are beginning to downgrade the value of news to just propaganda. It makes the efforts of politicians to manage the 'disinformation' look (even more) pitiful.
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