The Post-Truth Era

The above quote should be a concern for news consumers because an infringement on the First Amendment can create an intellectual space that is full of meaningless, fake news. Moreover, with the U.S. acting as a second reality, the reader’s ability to understand the full scope of different events that occurs diminishes greatly because at least two supposedly reputable sources declare two different reality. This creates a rift of distrust between the consumer and the media as the consumer is torn between trusting one agency over another when both should be stating clear, concise, and true info. This rift can only be healed with the resetting of the boundaries outlined by the First Amendment.
The one main goal of journalism and journalist is to “tell [their audience] what is going on [and] to inform [their audience]” (Sills et al 65); however, this goal is …show more content…
This is major trouble for news consumers, ever since the emergence of the Post-Truth era because before the Post-Truth Era consumers already had to wade through swamps of different competing viewpoints that sometimes give mainly facts and some opinion and sometimes gave more opinions then fact, but now in the Post-Truth Era, with news stories have evolved to not only included heavily swayed viewpoints with a mix of opinion and facts, but also news stories could also feature competing realities, which was caused by growing sense of omniscience garnered by the news media over time. The media also has increased the value of breaking an important story first because of instant gratification that their audience seeks and expects, which means that even if not all the facts are verified, the new agency should release the news about the event, and correct anything wrong as the story continues to