2021 questions (35/365)

February 4

What responsibilities do you think the media have, if any?

Wow, this is a big question, given the events of the past few years. What happened to all that fluffy cuddly what's-your-favourite-X stuff, meme?!

I think both traditional and social media have a huge responsibility to carefully vett and caveat their reporting. Especially when people in power are consistently and blatantly lying. Don’t just play that clip with the lie in it and then move on to the next topic. Call it out, verbally and visually. Lying to the public should have consequences for the people telling the lies, rather than allowing the public to bear the brunt of them, as we are with the global public health crisis we’re experiencing right now.