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KY_EnviroGuy

(14,490 posts)
19. Our media goes for sensationalism and entertainment value...
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 12:31 PM
Sep 2017

...with accuracy, healthy editing and pertinence be damned. We now live in a world obsessed with the next big "feel good" thing on a 4" phone screen. I worry about the effect it's having on our collective conscience and especially on our children's development.

Electronic media is now our primary means of acquiring accurate, unbiased news - but finding it now takes some digging. Pertinent, accurate news is often boring and our brains unfortunately have been reconditioned to reject anything boring.

Newspapers and magazines are dying - both of which gave our minds plenty of time to digest content. In this age of demands for 100% physical and mental efficiency, there's no time allowed to think with any detail!

Our media outlets no longer seem to have a moral anchor to healthy values, just as our large corporations have lost their anchor to our communities. It's a new world and progressives must adapt.

The report the Harvard/MIT article referenced is 142 pages long and I'm hoping to read as much as I can stand without loosing it.

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