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I think when clicks equal money, there's a lot less room for ethics in journalism. See: https://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp https://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp
by Jizzle 10y ago
I think when clicks equal money, there's a lot less room for ethics in journalism.
See: https://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp https://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp
Still, as the article points out, efforts to sanitize reporting will fail. But I think that's OK. I'd rather see a populace interested and misinformed, than one uninterested and uninformed.
- bostik 10y ago> I'd rather see a populace interested and misinformed Really? Isn't that the worst possible combination for making it easier to spread propaganda? Quoting Confucious - To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
- specialist 10y agoI salut your egalitarianism, but media doesn't work that way. To wit, the Fox News audience is more ignorant than those who don't watch news at all.