Media: Would we better off if much media were shut down?
The BBC apologizes for an outrageous and egregious broadcast of false information.
Fake news : Newsweek.com quotes Twitter parody account for official comment
Newsweek falls for a Twitter parody account, and quotes from the account in a news story. Newsweek is written and edited by blithering idiots. They do this a lot. But that seems to be “journalism” now days.
Media: “The world is going totally to hell”
Practicing factfulness presents a different reality than that inhabited by news story tellers.
Journalism
Nothing like being off by 1000x.
Media: Demographics – Who works in the media?
Interesting demographics of journalists. About 77% have a degree is the arts or humanities, much higher than the overall population of degree holders. Fewer have a Master’s degree than in many other fields. Journalism pay is not very good.