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Why wont the News Media take responsibility for their content being so poor that it's increasingly hard to tell between what's "real" and what's "fake"?
by DanCarvajal 10y ago
Why wont the News Media take responsibility for their content being so poor that it's increasingly hard to tell between what's "real" and what's "fake"?
- Neliquat 10y agoBingo. The batshit fundie newsletters are better sourced than the average nyt article these days.
- jrnichols 10y agoThey don't really care anymore as long as that sweet sweet ad revenue keeps rolling in. That's one thing I've noticed drives a lot of the fake news sites - they're loaded with ads. Clearly that's their goal. If only we could get Google to cut off ad revenue to websites that are spreading made-up news. Good recent example? This: http://archive.is/R5Z1J http://archive.is/R5Z1J Fake news about Trump spread like wildfire. Even worse, the fake news sites were set up by a media company to advertise their new film. I think that's absolutely reprehensible behavior on their part. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/17/to-promote-film-20th-century-fox-created-fake-news-sites-with-fake-anti-trump-stories/?utm_term=.f3280a2625ab https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/1... And it's all about the ad revenue.