Would you prefer news written by a robot?

CPT Jack Durish — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 17:53:04 -0500

http://adigaskell.org/2015/10/07/how-the-crowd-and-automation-are-influencing-journalism/
"Main Stream Media" AKA "MSM" has come to be used as a pejorative by many Americans, especially those of a conservative persuasion. There is little basis to argue that the principal purveyors of news both in print and broadcast are predominantly progressive liberals. (Really. Don't argue. Fully 80% of them self-identify as such.) Thus, they have created and maintain a "narrative" with that supports the progressive agenda. All the news that supports the narrative is splashed across the front pages while that which is adverse to their opinion is relegated to back pages if it is printed at all. Newspapers and broadcasters that fail to support the narrative are vilified (think Fox News).

Could we expect robotic journalists to fare any better? That depends on the algorithms that direct the news they write. Inasmuch as the programmers were most likely trained at the same colleges that produced the journalists, it is likely that they will be similarly indoctrinated with the liberal progressive ideology. (What? You want to argue again? Look at surveys of college professors and you'll see that the vast preponderance of them self-identify as liberal progressives.)

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Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 3 at 2015 8:29 PM

Cpl Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:29:05 -0500

It depends, who is programming the robot's algorithms and canned commentary?

Response by Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. made Dec 3 at 2015 9:30 PM

Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:30:28 -0500

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Response by SSG Gerhard S. made Dec 3 at 2015 9:34 PM

SSG Gerhard S. — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:34:20 -0500

Depends on who programmed the robot. :-)

Response by SGM Mikel Dawson made Dec 3 at 2015 11:35 PM

SGM Mikel Dawson — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:35:50 -0500

What do you think the main stream media is today, nothing but robots!!

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 4 at 2015 7:44 AM

PO3 Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:44:59 -0500

even worse .... they just need to modify the "programming" ... and the robotic journalist will be under prefect "control" of whoever control the "news".

Because human sometime make "mistake" and showed their true self. that is why sometime some of the left or right "journalist" do show that they do agree on something. instead of robot will never show that at all.

Response by 1SG James A. "Bud" Parker made Dec 4 at 2015 11:41 AM

1SG James A. "Bud" Parker — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:41:29 -0500

You mean that's not already a reality?

Response by SSG Dennis Wood made Jul 9 at 2016 11:39 AM

SSG Dennis Wood — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 11:39:19 -0400

I wouldn't mind the use of bots, so long as it was plural. The issue with news over the last 20 years is that there is no fact checking. YOu can read two different stories about the same study and draw two different conclusions. I prefer my news from multiple sources, or to take and simply read that raw data on which the reports are being written.

Alternatively, we could start holding our media to a level of professionalism that expects them to abandon biases and report the news, no matter how much less sensational it may be.

Response by Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. made Jul 14 at 2016 1:54 PM

Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 13:54:07 -0400

As editor of the ARRA News Service, I would question news being done by an robot. However, I admit I use a lot of news aggregator sites to feed me info on current stories from numerous news agencies and non-profit agencies. And, I admit that much of the "alleged" news commentary coming out to the mouth of the various main stream media heads, specifically the media news channels, to be brainless and definitely not news worthy. In fact, I have found on the ground unpaid bloggers digging out facts and posting news stories which are hidden or uncovered by a biased "lame" stream media. Free Speech reigns with bloggers and independent press stringers.

Government would like to control news and promote propaganda supporting their efforts if they could. Robots cannot think but only aggregate info fed to them. How can one trust a Robot to protect the Constitution and our Bill of Rights?