Political Science 2192A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Fake News, Political Journalism, Rick Mercer
28 Apr 2019
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Why emerge: network infotainment: news + entertainment, trust and critical, fake news emerged to push the entertainment side of it. Citizen surrogate": feelings about politics and media, hypocrites, liars, outrage, anger, frustration, disbelief, tv business changes. Jones: fake news attack complicity of media in discourse of power and the powerful: media is part of the problem, focuses on the powerful rather than critiquing them, show me the money! New rules" = maher"s political take/rant: real time with bill maher, outspoken positions are not satire, got into trouble about 9/11, he is on cable channels, cable allows for unconstrained, broader, diverse, controversial opinions. Jones: common sense vernacular: they talk about politics like how people talk about politics, say their views and controversial, laymans terms. The daily show-down: political media does not serve public interest, toolbox. Indecision 2000: chaos on bs mountain, challenge mainstream media similarly, challenge the political discourse by, deep dive, deliberation, civility, responsible, accountability.
