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Tag Archives: journalism
AI, Disinformation, and the Erosion of Reality
This piece looks at how AI‑generated personas are already being used to push political messages, and how the line between real and fake voices online is fading faster than most people realise. It reflects on the way genuine events are now dismissed as synthetic whenever they clash with someone’s beliefs, and how that habit weakens any shared sense of reality. The commentary also touches on the pressure AI is placing on creative work and why all of this leaves public debate on shaky ground. It’s a call to stay grounded, slow down, and hold on to the basics of verification before the noise overwhelms everything else.
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Posted in GENERAL OBSERVATIONS & THOUGHTS
Tagged AI ethics, AI in media, AI manipulation, creative industries, critical thinking, democratic accountability, digital culture, digital deception, disinformation, fact checking, fake personas, human creativity, information disorder, information integrity, journalism, media literacy, misinformation, online behaviour, online propaganda, online safety, political messaging, public discourse, public trust, social media culture, synthetic media, verification
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ABOUT WHY WE SHOW POWER THE WAY WE DO & WHAT WE WANT OUR PUBLIC LIFE TO LOOK LIKE
A critique of Newsbook’s Gżira arrests coverage: how striking imagery and moral framing turn reporting into advocacy, and what’s missing for balance.
We examine journalist Jurgen Balzan’s Newsbook piece on the Gżira arrests, arguing that its powerful visuals and moral tone push the story toward advocacy. It welcomes the urgency but urges more legal detail and voices from the detained to make the critique more robust. Continue reading
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Tagged AdvocacyJournalism, CivilRights, Deportation, Detention, EditorialChoice Migration MigrantRights MigrationPolicy PressEthics Journalism AdvocacyJournalism MediaEthics Photojournalism VisualStorytelling PoliceAccountability LawEnforcement Detention Deportati, Gzira, InvestigativeJournalism, journalism, LabourRights, LawEnforcement, LegalSafeguards, MALTA, MediaEthics, MediaRepresentation, MigrantRights, migration, MigrationPolicy, Newsbook, OversightBodies, Photojournalism, PoliceAccountability, PressEthics, PublicPower, Sensationalism, VisualStorytelling
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Where Freedom of the Press Is Muffled
In a world leading country, which portrays itself as a beacon of democracy and freedom, where entrepreneurship and capitalism share the same bed, the common mortal would expect a free press and excercise of journalism.
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