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Both Old and New Media Are Failing Voters
Vernon Jordan points out the problems with media and new tech and the loss of quality journalism. He says this has damaged the political process in the U.S. and Europe by spreading rumor as facts, and not providing reliable information, with news and entertainment not being separated. The failure to educate people he says, risks in Jefferson's words the "perversion of power into tyranny."
"News" and knowledge of the outside world in the the era of digital newspapers and 24 hour television news channels
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A sense that most of the news is repetitive, and that young people do not follow the digital news to the same extent as older generations did for print media. Many of the news channels focus on presenting the news for reinforcing views of their audience, bringing a selective aspect to the news. The more news is ubiquitous the less it is able to educate people and provide reliable information. Social and instant media gives equal importance to rumor and facts.
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The media may have also made the mistake of thinking the Trump candidacy would fade, that it was some kind of television publicity move. Other reasons played a part- the fragmentation in the vote with many candidates, the lack of candidates who could seriously connect with voter anxiety about security, drugs, uncertainty about jobs, Trump's experience as a television personality simplifying issues with slogans. The media reflection comes in March 2016 with a series of wins by Trump in southern and midwestern states. Journalists like Tom Brokaw feel stymied by the change in attitudes of viewers who did not take vetting seriously when he tried, and veteran journalist Bob Schieffer also sees a change in attitudes. Voters seemed to be sending a message about the disconnect with them of the elites. The whole process dragged down civility and values in public life with the deterioration in the campaigning to very low levels by March 2016, leaving the media a lot to reflect on and correct.
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