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The Rot Society

2024/11/20
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Better Offline

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Ed Zitron
一位专注于技术行业影响和操纵的播客主持人和创作者。
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Ed Zitron 认为科技行业的 unchecked growth,加上传统媒体未能充分履行其职责是导致当前社会和政治问题的主要原因。他批评媒体机构未能充分质疑当权者,未能充分报道企业的不当行为,以及未能充分揭露像埃隆·马斯克这样的有影响力人物的行为。他还认为,媒体对客观性的追求被威权主义者利用,而科技产品的设计充满了操纵性和剥削性,降低了人们的生活质量,并为威权主义的兴起创造了条件。Ed Zitron 呼吁媒体机构采取更积极主动的方式来报道科技行业,并要求对科技公司追究责任。

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The chapter explores the erosion of trust in authority, particularly in the media, and how legacy media's attachment to objectivity and market forces has led to a failure in accurately reporting on economic issues and corporate behavior.
  • People don't trust authority and especially the media.
  • Legacy media's obsession with objectivity and market forces has led to misleading coverage.
  • Corporate price gouging and misleading economic reports have eroded public trust.

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Blame the tech industry for the rise of authoritarianism. Blame a news media handicapped by a deference to power and a fear of bias. Blame the fact that our digital lives are unchecked ecological disasters. In this episode, Ed Zitron draws a direct line from the rot of the digital ecosystem for what happened on November 5.


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