The death of consensus, not the death of truth
Xiao Mina,
Nieman Lab,
Jan 04, 2019
Michael Caulfield asks "Why Reputation" in reaction to this piece by Xiao Mina. Mina writes, " Rather than trust in sources of authority (institutions in power as such), people today are more likely to put their trust in networks of affiliation (those in your circle, however you define that)," which seems right to me. But this is different from reputation. More broadly, as Mina says, the need here is to see ask trust in institutions is low, rather than doubling down on institutions. "What journalism needs most is to move from a defensive crouch and into a more adaptive one. We need a vision for a new journalism, and a clear path to supporting and sustaining it in a world where consensus can no longer be taken for granted." So too for us all.
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