#350 — Sharing Reality
Making Sense with Sam Harris
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Challenges of Traditional Media Establishment
The speaker, a traditional media professional, emphasizes the rigorous and exhaustive process of fact-checking, editing, and copy editing in traditional media establishments. They highlight the misconception of outsiders about the ease of reporting true and unbiased news and emphasize the difficulty of delivering a coherent and accurate account of reality in a complex world within tight deadlines. The speaker also notes the need for more diversity and ideological representation in newsrooms and acknowledges the immense difficulty of the task compared to other professions.
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