The Outrage Machine | Retro Report
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2016
- Internet shaming is more rampant than ever, and cyber-mobs are increasingly dangerous. Jennifer Connell was dubbed the #AuntFromHell for suing her nephew for a broken arm, but the story is much more complicated.
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It's a shame that the media doesn't take the time or effort to get the whole story before they report it. It reminds me of the Retro Report about the old lady who sued McDonalds for getting burnt by their hot coffee. Her story was a national joke when in reality she was badly injured because McDonalds was serving dangerously hot coffee. Facts are so important!
Simply put, the media has an incentive to play up sensation and outrage. It was probably always the case, but the internet accelerated the dynamic.
This is really exceptional.
0:08 now THERE'S the song
John Oliver just did a piece on something similar to this! Edit: Wait! Half way through and they used the same example of the woman who "sued her nephew".
You're totally right -- they excerpted some of our story about Jennifer Connell. They've used a few of our stories in their reports and it's always nice to see their humorous take on topics we've handled since what we do is largely very serious.
Very interesting story and useful subjects to examine. But it seems to be the media's role in this is short-changed quite a bit. If the media has portrayed this story accurately, from the start, would the "outrage" from the public been as fierce?
I agree. The media needs to be held more accountable for what they say, as they are the ones who seem to start, and spread, these wildfires. They're not doing journalism anymore, because they don't investigate anything. They're just going for ratings.
Joe Rogan calls it ''recreational outrage.'' When people watched Springer they mostly understood it was contrived, crass entertainment not really all that different than a facebook or twitter feed. Somehow this understanding got lost along the way.
As an aspect of the Internet, the story is right in examining the Wild Wild West nature of the Internet, and how it can be destructive. But what does this have to do with talk shows? I don't see how the two have anything to do with one another. Even if the trash-type talk shows of the last couple of decades never occurred, trolls, bullies and shamers would still be a phenomenon on the Net.
Before viral outrage there was Jerry Springer, and we all love a sensational morality play.
Jerry Springer and similar shows have nothing to do with "morality plays", and nothing to do with the Internet bullying or shaming with which most of the story concerns itself, regardless of the fact that the story tries to claim an equivalency or connection between the two.
Jerry Springer himself said they were morality plays, right? How does that not play into the same rage that goes into these Internet shaming incidents? It's a morality play when a dentist shoots a lion and poses with it, or when a gorilla gets shot when a kid falls into a zoo enclosure. Same social and emotional reaction, even it's got little to do with the Star Wars kid.
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. --Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
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Is this who we are or is this who we’ve become. Can the cat go back in the bag?
That professor doesn't know what trolling is.
12:02 "Moderators of content" = Censors.