But I sort of think that some of the assumptions about people might be off. Forgive my cynicism, but I would think that lots who are reading pieces with an anti-Elon angle have a similar agenda or hope for his eventual takedown as the author does. And they are likely aware, or would be alright with some fabrication or truth-bending headlines to achieve that goal. Or they're genuinely convinced that it's true, and any detractors must have their own pro-Elon agenda. And conversely, I think there is probably another large cohort that wouldn't believe any headlines from these sources because they just assume it's lies and takedown attempts. My point is, especially on a subject like Elon, everything is so stupidly and politically fraught and charged that I wonder how many honest people are out there, just getting bad intel and naively not knowing the political pitch that everything has. I hope it's more than I'm thinking.
In your scenario, I'm imagining the anti-Elon zealots finding out that people are going in and changing their favorite activism headlines and quickly getting hip to exploiting the new tech for their own means. I am certain that honesty is not a top virtue for alot of these people. But again, just giving cynicism here. I totally agree with the goal of having a more honest media environment.
I don't think your example of the Tesla recall is great for this idea because there isn't anything untruthful or inherently deceitful in the headline "Tesla recalls 2.2 million cars for software recall" or headlines like it. It may be phrased in a way you personally don't appreciate, but nothing about it is inaccurate. It does summarize the idea that a font size update (the need for the recall) was sent over the air (which is a recall) for 2.2 million Tesla vehicles.
This is a fine idea..
But I sort of think that some of the assumptions about people might be off. Forgive my cynicism, but I would think that lots who are reading pieces with an anti-Elon angle have a similar agenda or hope for his eventual takedown as the author does. And they are likely aware, or would be alright with some fabrication or truth-bending headlines to achieve that goal. Or they're genuinely convinced that it's true, and any detractors must have their own pro-Elon agenda. And conversely, I think there is probably another large cohort that wouldn't believe any headlines from these sources because they just assume it's lies and takedown attempts. My point is, especially on a subject like Elon, everything is so stupidly and politically fraught and charged that I wonder how many honest people are out there, just getting bad intel and naively not knowing the political pitch that everything has. I hope it's more than I'm thinking.
In your scenario, I'm imagining the anti-Elon zealots finding out that people are going in and changing their favorite activism headlines and quickly getting hip to exploiting the new tech for their own means. I am certain that honesty is not a top virtue for alot of these people. But again, just giving cynicism here. I totally agree with the goal of having a more honest media environment.
I don't think your example of the Tesla recall is great for this idea because there isn't anything untruthful or inherently deceitful in the headline "Tesla recalls 2.2 million cars for software recall" or headlines like it. It may be phrased in a way you personally don't appreciate, but nothing about it is inaccurate. It does summarize the idea that a font size update (the need for the recall) was sent over the air (which is a recall) for 2.2 million Tesla vehicles.