We
have reached the stage where someone offering a contrasting opinion
is viewed as deliberately trying to wind up others.
if you surround yourself
with voices that echo similar opinions to those you're feeding out,
they will be reinforced in your mind as mainstream, to the point
that it can distort your perception of what is the general
consensus.
It raises the question of whether ordinary members of the public have an obligation to start thinking about media ethics in the same way as the most experienced war correspondent.
Since the tools for making media have been distributed to the people formerly known as the audience, the scene where professional ethics 'happen' must shift to the filters that news organisations apply when they decide what to publish