{"id":266014,"date":"2020-08-17T12:05:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T19:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=266014"},"modified":"2020-08-17T12:34:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T19:34:11","slug":"all-news-is-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/17\/all-news-is-fake-news\/","title":{"rendered":"All News is Fake News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us not get suckered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>All news is fake news.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What do I mean by this? Well&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/tupnzh2Q?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption>All News is Fake News &#8211; ERIC KIM Critique of Political Correctness and Fake Woke Culture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/erickim\/episodes\/All-News-is-Fake-News-ei9e0p\">Podcast<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/All-News-is-Fake-News-ERIC-KIM-Critique-of-Political-Correctness-and-Fake-Woke-Culture.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>All News is Fake News &#8211; ERIC KIM Critique of Political Correctness and Fake Woke Culture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/erickim\/embed\/episodes\/All-News-is-Fake-News-ei9e0p\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All news is cherry picked and taken out of context in order to maximize clicks and advertising revenue<\/li><li>Often we cherry pick what people said rather than what they *<em>meant to say<\/em>*. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why does this matter?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All news (whether mainstream, underground or even the weirder websites and news agencies) are optimized to increase website traffic, in order to maximize advertising dollars and revenue (Google Adsense, or even getting contributions via <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/09\/bitcoin-for-photographers\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"108899\">Bitcoin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/08\/bitcoin-and-cryptocurrency-for-photographers\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"262928\">Crypto<\/a>, Patreon, etc). As a consequence &#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>No news agency or individual is really incentivized to give a more &#8216;objective&#8217; or &#8216;rational&#8217; view on things.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And what happens as a consequence?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>More people are suckered into thinking a certain way, and have a more false view of reality.<\/li><li>Most people are scared shitless via the news (the news is fear marketing and promotes &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/02\/fear-feeds\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"220523\">fear feeds<\/a>&#8216;). <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/17\/social-media-is-a-fomo-fear-of-missing-out-machine\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"266039\">Social media is a big &#8216;FOMO&#8217; machine<\/a>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All News is Fake News: ERIC KIM Critique of Political Correctness and Fake Woke Culture\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gsJVXroboAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let us not get suckered: All news is fake news. 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