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But I add:
There are types of news. There is political news serving an event, a side, an agenda. And there is truth news serving the human being. And the difference between them is the difference between (B) and (F).
(B) is news as a commodity. Data. Information. Processed and forgotten. This is what algorithms do.
(F) is news as a service to the citizen. When the news addresses the internal sovereignty of the human being. Not as a consumer, but as a witness. As a bearer of rights.
(Nf) is the news that leaves a trace. That changes something in the one who hears it.
And human beings, by nature, love to hear what is new. Not because they want more information. But because (F) searches for meaning. Because (F) is not satisfied with the old.
In an age where news has mixed with politics, and where machines produce news we must ask: Is this news (B) or (F)? Is it a commodity, or the truth?
Fatiha Nesrine Bouzid, Independent Existential Philosopher, Founder of the (B)+(F)=Nf Framework
Can news be truthful and a commodity? I think it can if those who produce it recognise the value of truth, or as near to it as we can get (ie seeking evidence, verification, etc). But, as I've written elsewhere, it's a struggle.