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I wish you wouldn't be so dismissive of journalism and journalists. What they provide is not filler. Controversial though this opinion may be around here, there
by hyperbovine 10y ago
I wish you wouldn't be so dismissive of journalism and journalists. What they provide is not filler. Controversial though this opinion may be around here, there is serious value in having an actual carbon-based life form -- one who has spent years or decades covering whatever beat -- provide context and insight for the quotes and data. That they have become a dying breed spells real trouble for our civic life.
- hueving 10y agoThe journalists you describe are so few and far between that there needs to be a different term for them. The vast majority of the 'news' out there isn't anything close to what you described.
- collyw 10y agoAgreed in an age where twitter storms are worthy of front page news.
- ramblerman 10y agoThe system is not set up to reward them, if there was a genuine demand we might see more of them. The unfortunate truth is that your clickbait and byte sized arguments are what people want. Trying to solve it from the top down is a lost cause.
- evgen 10y agoThe HN crowd does not need context and insight, they can just google a few keywords and then skim a wikipedia article to achieve the expertise necessary to argue with others on a public forum...
- rimantas 10y agoI think you described how modern journalism works. Except skimming Wikipedia is often optional.
- fiatjaf 10y agoAre you serious? Journalists have templates for news articles they just fill with some new data every time statistics numbers are released or a politician speaks.