While I see the second consideration contributing to more factual and reliant news, I do not exactly get how pre-empting the narrative.
Take the senator example:
' More effective would look something like this: "the senator denies he is resigning because of a bribery investigation. Instead, he said he is becoming the president of a university."" '
Sure, one can see that the narrative has a solid conclusion, leaving little room for misconstruing the senator's underlying motivations; however, projecting onto a moral stand would also mean you're alienating anyone who wants to consider an alternative, no?
Are we saying that the narrative is going to be reframed to cater to every single viewer / reader / consumer?
Furthermore, there are already several issues with the current narrative presenting tactics within the media : the audience hankers after entertainment quotient of the consumers, the media hankers after engagement metrics. etc
Therefore, it wouldn't exactly matter what moral values are being targeted is in some cases. Some folks are going to simply remain indifferent. IMHO, to even convince the audience to care for the truth more than what is reported is a huge task, and should be the actual goal, wherein incentivizing deliberation would be a great start if that can be done., and it actually seems more plausible than convincing people about what is and isn't.
While I see the second consideration contributing to more factual and reliant news, I do not exactly get how pre-empting the narrative.
Take the senator example:
' More effective would look something like this: "the senator denies he is resigning because of a bribery investigation. Instead, he said he is becoming the president of a university."" '
Sure, one can see that the narrative has a solid conclusion, leaving little room for misconstruing the senator's underlying motivations; however, projecting onto a moral stand would also mean you're alienating anyone who wants to consider an alternative, no?
Are we saying that the narrative is going to be reframed to cater to every single viewer / reader / consumer?
Furthermore, there are already several issues with the current narrative presenting tactics within the media : the audience hankers after entertainment quotient of the consumers, the media hankers after engagement metrics. etc
Therefore, it wouldn't exactly matter what moral values are being targeted is in some cases. Some folks are going to simply remain indifferent. IMHO, to even convince the audience to care for the truth more than what is reported is a huge task, and should be the actual goal, wherein incentivizing deliberation would be a great start if that can be done., and it actually seems more plausible than convincing people about what is and isn't.