journalism
9 statements across 7 episodes · 4 bullish · 4 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Oct 19, 2015 by Jason Zweig · across every show →
Everything said about journalism, oldest first
Oct 19, 2015 neutral
Zweig: The media's biggest challenge is signaling information reliability to consumers
“Well, I think the biggest challenge that journalism and the information businesses face, ah, over the coming decade is actually the same one that the information consuming public faces, which is how to sort out the wheat from the chaff, how to deliver high qua…”
Feb 5, 2019 positive
Jul 2, 2019 negative
Mar 17, 2020 positive
Mar 17, 2020 positive
Wojcicki: Critical thinking develops best through active practice like journalism
“The thing that helps critical thinking development the best is doing it. And that's where the whole journalism thing comes in because you have to think critically every day when you are writing stories and analyzing data and figuring out who said what and does…”
Jun 9, 2020 positive
Bethany McLean: Good journalism is transparency and honesty, not infallibility
“I don't think it's necessarily getting it right, because I think really provocative stories may prove to be wrong. I think it's transparency and intellectual honesty, so being clear about what the facts are and where things are coming from, so that people can …”
Jun 9, 2020 bearish
McLean: Google and Facebook's models will be impaired if journalism dies
“Google and Facebook, right? They're siphoning up most of the advertising dollars that used to go to journalism, and yet Google and Facebook, it will deeply impair their business models if journalism ceases to function, right?”
Nov 16, 2021 negative
Rushkoff: Polished publishing tools falsely equate amateur writing with professional journalism
“The tools create the illusion that, that what we say matters or that because our text matters, Can look all like it's in a sub stack. That means it has equal value to everything else that's up there. And it just doesn't.”