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Sansa_Culotte_ t1_j93eqy3 wrote

Reply to comment by tele68 in Transparency and Trust in News Media by ADefiniteDescription

> Is this improvement or anarchy?

Neither. The same economic laws that govern mainstream journalism also cover "private" journalism, only with fewer restrictions because with fewer production costs, they don't need to appeal to a widespread mass audience, and can instead focus on political niches that are more loyal and less prone to seek out differing accounts of events

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tele68 t1_j93lk1f wrote

Agree. Somewhere else in this thread I tried to say that. "Gatekeepers today are as craven as any Youtuber, just with different chains of command" or some such.

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Sansa_Culotte_ t1_j93q2mg wrote

The difference is that at least with mainstream news, some countries require them to disclose when they are publishing a sponsored or embedded journalist piece, and they are often required to pay at least nominal homage to the facticity of an event. No such restrictions exist for online personalities, as far as I know.

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ReneDeGames t1_j93tixw wrote

If you are directly sponsored you have to disclose as a online content creator, however, its not enforced well (tho it is enforced better than it was)

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