Content mills are taking over online media content. Generative AI it taking over content generation – even writing published papers. And much of this is fake content, potentially leading to powerful propaganda tools. If you use the Internet, you have been fed fake content – and likely did not realize it was fake.
How news is manufactured – the mystery as to how a bunch of news outlets all publlsh the same, somewhat obsucre topic news reports, all within 48 hours.
The Gates Foundation has donated about one quarter of a billion dollars to media outlets – which then give Gates a platform to pursue his own interests and messaging, rarely providing any skeptical questioning of what he promotes. This report is from the Columbia Journalism Review.
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CNBC cites a Pew report to claim that more people are sharing living arrangements due to student debts. But nowhere in the Pew report does it say that. In fact, the Pew report suggests the majority of the change is due to the increase in the immigrant population in the U.S. CNBC just made up a news report to push the student debt meme.