Fake News

Posts tagged Fake News deal with misinformation, media distortion, and why so much of what passes for news is bad for you. My argument is not that every story is false, but that the structure of modern news is built to capture attention rather than to inform, and that the cost is steep.

The phrase gets thrown around carelessly, but the underlying problem is real: a media environment optimized for outrage and engagement produces a poorly informed, anxious, divided audience. These posts examine how that happens and what to do about it.

This thread sits within my broader media criticism and my case for getting genuinely informed without the outrage machine.