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Also came here to post this. I'm not sure why an NYT article would pass editing to have such a click-baity title yet bury its core premise inside the middle of

• danieltillett 10y ago
  That train has long since left the station. Journalism as it existed in the 20th century is long dead and it is not coming back. Technology has destroyed quality reporting and it is up to technology to now fix the problem.
  • rz2k 10y ago
    What do you think of The New Yorker? If anything, people seem to complain about its long form, nuanced style here.
  • vegetablepotpie 10y ago
    Why is that? I think that the revenue stream from distribution has degraded so much that the 20th century journalism business model is not sustainable. Technology disrupted this business model. Instead of a media utopia where gate keepers and media companies were replaced with innumerable citizen journalists, each with their own cheap distribution platforms, we've seen the rise of click bait, echo chambers and fringe ideas seeping into the mainstream (birtherism and anti-vaxxers anyone?). How does technology fix journalism?
• nerdponx 10y ago
  That's where the money's been headed for half a decade. They're following.
• slavik81 10y ago
  The author of the piece probably didn't write the headline. I'd assume that's why they don't match.