Pew Research releases study about News Influencers , 1 in 5 Americans get their news from influencers on social media

[Scaaar]

I believe its more tbh. My main issue are these influencers arent really giving out news but mostly commentary and opinions. A lot of the “news” they repeat are just remixed from WSJ/NYT/WP etc or other blog sites. I havent seen any of them give true original news content but a lot of people see them as better than mainstream stuff.

That's my issue with it. A lot of the info is second or third hand knowledge that has been told through the lens of the influencer. When you bring up the actual article the story is totally different

 

[get these nets]

The main issue is fact checking and reputation… influencers can just spew shyt with no accountability or penalty

Yeah, traditional media tries to cover different parts of stories and interviews the people involved in the story, and print retraction/corrections when they misreport something.

According this study, about 3/4 of the news influencers have no journalist background or connection to a news organization. And as such, they are just delivering their takes on topics, rather than covering developing stories. Echo Chambers.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

What about the ones that just regurgitate what they see on other platforms? Or the ones that just straight make up stuff.

 

[get these nets]

 

[get these nets]

People moving away from getting news from journalists and towards random bozos. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[get these nets]

The main issue is fact checking and reputation… influencers can just spew shyt with no accountability or penalty

Exactly.



01/28/25

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/trump-did-not-announce-new-tax-law-child-support-2025-01-28/

 

[cyndaquil]

We are fukked