At work I often share what I am learning in class and what my assignments are. So brief descriptions of misinformation and how it's important to become aware of what you are seeing, and fact check anything and everything. My very conservative coworker shared her opinion that fact checking is not always an option because platforms like Facebook and Instagram are leftist platforms, and they would claim anything conservative is misinformation. It just goes to show that a platform that is heavily influenced by the people that are content creators or consumers is still claimed to be suppressive to a singular political party.

This is a statement, and a powerful one at that. I have struggled with coming up with a statement that explained the hold that misinformation and manipulation has on social networks. If we push to stop the spread, there is an outcry of how people's freedom of speech is being infringed upon. If we do nothing, the cry changes to that tech holds a responsibility to do something.

I find it hysterical that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach or medium for newsrooms to attract younger audiences. I feel like growing up with more options on how to consume media, we became used to being able to pick and chose our medium for media consumption. I wonder what percentage of people over 35 prefer to watch the news and how it compares to the 15% of people under 35 who prefer to watch the news.

I wonder why there seems to be a Facebook vs Instagram and Tiktok divide between different generations. When you get down to it, especially since Instagram is now owned by Facebook, they are both platforms that have evolved into very similar platforms with the same goal of sharing information/photos. I do think that Facebook has a more information/story feel to it with it's higher character count and there is a higher sense of community with different Facebook groups. I wonder if Facebook bought Instagram purely for because they wanted to appeal and make money off of the younger generation that is not on Facebook.