Western Journalism as Stenography

Many articles published in most mainstream sources tend to be perceived as impartial, but this a false reality.

It goes without saying that in the era of news being available at the tip of your finger, misinformation is abundant. When scrolling through Facebook or Twitter, copious amounts of information is being processed by your mind, even if that information is fake. Usually, misinformation is understood as the manufacturing of content that appears to be real, but is false (or, at the very least, misleading) in actuality. Perhaps the idea of a troll farm comes to mind, or maybe news being pumped out of ‘biased’ state-funded news outlets.

However, some of the biggest perpetrators of producing fake news are, at least in appearance, the most ‘trustworthy’ outlets in the world.

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If you, the reader, were to pick sources that you deem to be trustworthy, many would, most likely, point towards the following outlets:

• The Economist
• The Guardian
• The New York Times
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Associated Press
• Reuters