#nostriches #grownostr I wanna run a preliminary post by you and get your opinion.
I've been pondering what seems to be a assymetric divide in information by how people consume media. And by this I mean corporate legacy media vs independent media 🧵 1/
I see people I know make comments that would imply a network like CNN,MSNBC,Bloomberg is somehow more trustworthy and accepted than independent media. But the numbers and the logic doesn't bear that out. 2/
For starters, Independent content creators ARE the main stream media now. CNN's top show Anderson Cooper 360 gets roughly 700-900k views a month. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow gets 2-2.5 million views in their best month. Compare to Joe Rogan who gets 10-14 million downloads PER EPISODE on poscasts plus some Youtube shows get 40-50Million views. His monthly reach is estimated to be 200-400million views a month when factoring in various platforms. Tucker Carlson gets 5-10million downloads on podcast only and Lex Friedman gets 1-3million per episode plus 1mill+ youtube for each episode. Even further down the line still out grosses corporate tv. CNN is nearly always polled as the least trustworthy news source. 3/
Independent media allows for as much time as needed for guests to cover their subject. With an interviewer just trying to get as much as they can from the guest. And interest in a person or subject fuels who they interview. They typically have people from all spectrums on. And in disagreement between people of a field will host a debate between them. 4/
Furthermore, legacy corporate media is
funded by corporations and the govt.
Both pay to spread narrative, censor narrative and coverage. We have receipts (USspending.gov blew up with screenshots once the USAID scandal broke) for these payments and countless former employees who have come out about their bias and censorship. 5/
Now of course a podcast or show online can have misinformation. Just as a TV show does. But it is the guest that is the source, not the interviewer. Compared to on TV the misiformation was paid for and deliberate often. But either way, the ability to hear nuanced discussion in it's fullest will provide a better understanding of a issue than short paid for propaganda segments. 6/end
Hmm. I shoulda replied to the replies as it lists the most recent replies at top vs oldest first. Look at the numbers 😂
Anyways, thought? Agree/disagree? Is there something else I should've included?
