Matthew Ehret’s Post

Say what you want about comedians, but Roy Wood Jr. delivered the most stinging, insightful commentary on the sad state of communication and information consumption in 2023 – in one punchline. During the White House Correspondents' Association dinner early last year, he said, “All the essential, fair and nuanced reporting is all stuck behind a paywall. People can’t afford rent. People can’t afford food, not healthy food. They can’t afford an education. They damn sure can’t afford to pay for the truth. Say what you want about a conspiracy theory, but at least it’s affordable.” Damn. He’s right and that’s the problem. Almost impossible to compete with the volumetrics, amplification and affordability of disinformation.  But don’t despair. While the means and mediums of disinformation are seemingly infinite, convincing narratives are very much finite. In other words, there are only so many things one can say to bamboozle people, so if professional communicators get ahead of it and warn their intended audiences of the BS they’re about to get served, it is an effective, preemptive tactic that often inoculates audiences. Nordic countries and former Soviet states are particularly good at this because they’ve had to be.  https://lnkd.in/echaFYkJ

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Great analysis, at least funny one https://lnkd.in/edAEv-5H

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