As soon as TKC can train AI to automatically share our favorite chesty Internets hotties and craft dark humor insights about municipal politics . . . We're done.
In the meantime, this recent note on the news game is apropos for Friday and signals the death of news this election season . . . And beyond . . .
In the United States, partisan websites masquerading as media outlets now outnumber American newspaper sites, the research group NewsGuard, which tracks misinformation, said in June.
"Pink slime" outlets -- politically motivated websites that present themselves as independent local news outlets -- are largely powered by AI. This appears to be an effort to sway political beliefs ahead of the US election.
Credit where it's due . . .
At the very least our favorite local prog blogs & right-wing outlets obviously have humans cranking out their garbage if only because political talking points and rhetorical hula-hoops are still too complex for the machines.
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
'Broken' news industry faces uncertain future
From disinformation campaigns to soaring scepticism, plummeting trust and economic slumps, the global media landscape has been hit with blow after blow.- Eroding trust - Public trust in the media has increasingly eroded in recent years.
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