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Is this even a Technology issue or just the journalist business model resetting to a point where their voice could reach anyone that can read and competition wa
by PretzelFisch 10y ago
Is this even a Technology issue or just the journalist business model resetting to a point where their voice could reach anyone that can read and competition was fierce. To me it seems like we have reverted back to the yellow press.
- bonobo3000 10y agoIts both. Now news is mostly consumed online, and everyone is competing for eyeballs. I think technology exacerbates the problem - earlier a newspaper could have a bunch of eyeball grabbing headlines, AND real, informative, boring content in the later pages (or a mix). Now only the eyeball grabbing content gets shared and seen. It is driven by the same competition, but with article-level tracking rather than newspaper sales, the problem got worse. I don't know how to fix it either, but I agree with the author that its a huge problem. News and entertainment are basically the same thing now.
- imglorp 10y agoIt's more like Aldous Huxley: give the people the sweet stimulation they want and they'll both ask for more and also ignore more important problems.