Kafofin watsa labarai, na al'ada da na kafofin watsa labarun, sun taka rawar gani yayin bala'in wajen tura martanin gwamnatin Amurka na Covid da kuma kare matakan tilastawa, gami da kulle-kulle, rufe makarantu, abin rufe fuska da umarnin alluran rigakafi, yayin da yin watsi da lalacewar haɗin gwiwa da kuma kula da masu shakkar waɗannan matakan suna da mugun nufi. Sakamakonsu ya kasance mai gefe ɗaya, sau da yawa yaudarar gaskiya ko kuma labari mara tushe akan muhimman batutuwan da suka shafi kimiyya, tattalin arziki, da lafiya, na tsawon shekaru biyu.
Wannan ya yi tasiri mai sanyi a kan kwararar bayanai da aikin jarida, kuma ya gurbata fahimtar jama'a sosai a fagage da dama tun daga kimiyya zuwa lafiya zuwa tattalin arziki zuwa rawar da ta dace ta kafofin watsa labarai a cikin al'umma mai 'yanci. Sakamakon wannan sauyi a cikin ɗabi'ar kafofin watsa labarai, amana ta ragu matuka zuwa kawai 16% na jimlar yawan jama'a tare da amincewa da takardu kuma kawai 11% tare da amincewa da TV, tare da bambance-bambancen bangaranci a yadda mutane ke amsa masu jefa kuri'a.
Bugu da kari, an kafa sokewa da tantancewa a cikin al'adun watsa labarai na gado ta hanyar da ta yi illa ga musayar ra'ayi kyauta da kuma saƙon lafiyar jama'a gabaɗaya. Wannan ya kai ga ƙirƙirar (kuma kusan rushewar nan da nan) na Hukumar Rarraba Labarai a Ma’aikatar Tsaron Cikin Gida, amma matsalar ta faro tun da wuri kuma tana ci gaba har wa yau. Kuma duk da haka har zuwa wannan rubutun, yawancin ƙoƙarin raba labaran da suka danganci kimiyya akan Facebook sun gamu da gargaɗin da ke ƙarfafa gwiwa, yayin da masu amfani da Twitter da LinkedIn ke fuskantar barazanar gogewa.
Tambayoyi masu mahimmanci sun kasance game da daidai yadda wannan ya faru da kuma har yanzu yana faruwa. Wadannan suna bukatar bincike. Daga cikin tambayoyin: Ya zuwa wane mataki kafafen yada labarai suka bayar da hadin kai da gwamnati a kokarin fitar da labari daya da murkushe masu takara? Akwai dalilai na zamantakewa? Kuɗi? Shin wani lamari ne kawai na 'yan jaridu masu sassaucin ra'ayi sun yarda da ikon gwamnati ko kuma suna tunanin cewa suna cikin tsarin mulki, a wane hali ya zama na farko da aka yi wa kwaskwarima? Shin daidai ne cewa kafofin watsa labarai na gado kadai ya kamata su zama masu yanke hukunci na kimiyya da ra'ayi mai yarda?
Wannan rahoton ya yi bitar manyan batutuwan da ke buƙatar bincike, ya buga misalan nuna son kai da sahihanci, yana gabatar da tsarin lokaci na watsa labarai na kulle-kulle, kuma yana ba da shawarar ajanda don ƙarin bincike mai zurfi. Marubutan suna fatan wannan rahoton zai iya zama jagora mai fa'ida don zurfafa bincike kan wannan amfani da ikon kafofin watsa labarai da ba a taɓa yin irinsa ba don tsara martanin cutar.
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Scott Morefield ya shafe shekaru uku a matsayin mai ba da rahoto na kafofin watsa labaru & siyasa tare da Daily Caller, wani shekaru biyu tare da BizPac Review, kuma ya kasance mawallafin mako-mako a Townhall tun 2018.
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Jordan Schachtel ɗan jarida ne mai bincike, mawallafin The Dossier on Substack, kuma manazarcin manufofin ƙasashen waje da ke Washington, DC.
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Jeffrey Tucker shine Wanda ya kafa, Mawallafi, kuma Shugaban Kasa a Cibiyar Brownstone. Shi ne kuma babban masanin tattalin arziki na Epoch Times, marubucin littattafai 10, ciki har da Rayuwa Bayan Kulle, da dubunnan labarai da yawa a cikin jaridu masu ilimi da shahararru. Yana magana da yawa akan batutuwan tattalin arziki, fasaha, falsafar zamantakewa, da al'adu.
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