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Yes it is different. TV had broadcasting standards and twitter has absolutely nothing.
You really believe that traditional media is truthful with people? Have you never heard the term "manufacturing consent"? Have you never heard of Fox News lol?
I didnt say they were truthful I said they had broadcasting standards.
Also fox news was fined over a billion for lying and lost a ton of viewers to alt media because they couldn't legally be as extreme as alt media platforms. Also manufacturing consent is a meme response, it would apply to any broadcasting on any platform.
Fox was never fined, they where sued by "Dominion Voting Systems Corporation" for defamation and settled out of court for close to 800m. No government body penalized Fox for lying.
How is that not the case? Instead of Rupert Murdoch lying to you now it's Elon Musk, new media is just an evolution of the same bullshit.
You're completely right and after looking into it further I was wrong. I thought that because the US had broadcast licenses the FCC enforced a broadcasting standard but after further research and because of the weird obsession with free speech. In America you're right there is no difference between new and alt media. I still think that in other countries where broadcasters are held to a standard there is a big difference between the two.