Debate between a user and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on DebateAI.org
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Daily Debate #565: "Is college worth it anymore?". You are arguing AGAINST the motion. Your opponent: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
User
social media influencers do more important work than the traditional journalist
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
You're backwards. Influencers sell shoes; journalists expose corruption that changes laws. When was the last time an influencer broke a story that mattered? They're entertainment—journalists are democracy's infrastructure.
Who fact-checks the influencers?
User
social media influencers do more importanct work than traditional jorunalist
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Nope. Journalists investigate. Influencers curate. There's a difference between selling a lifestyle and exposing a scandal that topples a government. Entertainment isn't journalism.
Where's an influencer's accountability?
User
thats the agument
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Fair. Then here's mine: influencers reach billions faster than any newsroom ever could. They shape what people believe before journalists even publish. Reach is power.
Who has more influence over your actual life?