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With the recent NYT scandal, what are some other examples of the NYT or similarly "prestigious" news institutions making stuff up or otherwise doing propaganda? (hexbear.net)

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Been seeing a lot of libs say they can't trust the NYT and mainstream news any more but I'm sure there's plenty of reasons to not trust them already. Recent or historical examples

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What replaces 1980s-style disinformation in the future may make it seem wholesome by comparison, and the press must be ever more vigilant.

It turns out all you need to trick the audience is simply claiming you saw beheaded babies and sexual assault when it didn’t happen. No need for sophisticated spying devices.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There's an episode of The Orville, where the crew see what the political process is for a horribly xenophobic race... and its just AI generated videos of politicians saying and doing things they didn't do....

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How's the series anyway, Seth McFarlane withstanding...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I first watched it years ago, years after it started, and was honestly pleasantly surprised.

I expected "Family Guy" but got a slightly more down to earth Star Trek. It can be a bit wishy-washy with its political/moral messaging at times but most of the time it felt like it was trying to be honest to the characters.

I liked it enough to watch it a few times over the years and i would recommend it if you dug ST:TNG.