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Mark Zuckerberg Turns His Back on the Media

The Meta CEO is abandoning his commitment to the truth in favor of a Trump-style playbook.

via WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-mark-zuckerberg-turns-his-back-on-the-media/

Now that it’s been a week since Meta’s turnaround—and my first take at Zuckerberg’s speech—I am particularly haunted by one aspect: He seems to have downranked the basic practice of classic journalism, characterizing it as no better than the nonreported observations from podcasters, influencers, and countless random people on his platforms. This was hinted at in his Reel when he repeatedly used the term “legacy media” as a pejorative: a force that, in his view, urges censorship and stifles free expression. All this time I thought the opposite!

https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-mark-zuckerberg-turns-his-back-on-the-media/