Media: Majority of Americans have low confidence in journalism
Just 6% of adults say they have high confidence in journalism.
Media: Atmospheric Scientist says the Seattle Times Makes Up Climate News
An entire team of reporters at the Seattle Times “ClimateLab” and none have a degree in a STEM subject. They are all “story tellers”.
The most self-absorbed writer in the world?
64 year old freelance writer bemoans she’s saved nothing for retirement. Spends much of her time writing about how others are bad people and she is brainy and smarter than everyone else. Hmmmm. The state of freelance writing today?
Why do “plant-based” eating stories dominate media coverage of nutrition/dieting/eating?
Media stories about “plant-based eating” are 5 to 10x more common than the percent of people who actually eat that way.
The medias obsession with cliches
You’ve probably seen the common media-talk where actors “open up”, influencers “clap back”, and the weather report calls snow “The White Stuff”. It’s the dumbing down of “news”.
Media: “In NY, Muslims are a political force”
For New York State, the share of the population that is Muslim is 3.6%, and 9% for NYC. Not a big political force.
Media: The end of “BigMedia” story telling”
The modern world needs reporters with modern science and technology knowledge. But 80% of reporters including “Senior Science” or “Senior Medicine” reporters have humanities degrees and no formal training in the subjects they cover. Independent journalists on YouTube and X, with backgrounds in the subjects they cover, are demonstrating higher quality than mass media. BigMedia reporting is no longer the right tool for today.
Is this an AI written faux news story?
Probably. It’s a content mill web site and the form, generalities, no first-person information – reads like an AI written click bait story.
Prominent journalists come from prestigious backgrounds
We graduate 10,000 new journalism degree holders each year into a field where the number of jobs is declining by an average of 500 jobs per year. It’s become a field for rich kids with affluent family backing.
Why do people invest in expensive degrees to pursue “journalism”?
The financial ROI makes little sense but among some circles, it’s seen as a prestige job with influence.