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Good info in article. Name / age of news feed head and 99.9% belief to name one thing. I also came away still believing even more how we are still better off n

Good info in article. Name / age of news feed head and 99.9% belief to name one thing. I also came away still believing even more how we are still better off now - even with some fake news- than the time of Walter Cronkite and the pre cable networks. All you had was whatever THEY decided you should know. One of two newspapers with editors that chose for you. Even as a news junkie in my pre teens I wondered why they chose what they chose. Thus, by default , what they chose was important. Now people choose and we just don't like the results, especially the old school hardcore journalists. To the people working at FB NF, do not let old school editors change your "user decides" algorithms. And never put a human in an editing position. Remember, it's JUST news.

rm_-rf_slash 9y ago
I think the Internet and competition from social media has made journalism better, as you can no longer buy up every local paper when Twitter and Facebook and Blogger make journalists out of anybody, and as a result the news companies have to work extra hard to justify their subscriptions. In addition, mainstream US newspaper subscriptions have been booming since the election with readers demanding unprecedented oversight over this new administration and its addiction to blatant lying. In a way, fake news made real newspapers great again.
- AlexandrB 9y ago
  > I think the Internet and competition from social media has made journalism better, as you can no longer buy up every local paper when Twitter and Facebook and Blogger make journalists out of anybody, and as a result the news companies have to work extra hard to justify their subscriptions. Why would you need to buy up anything when you own the entire platform people consume their news on (e.g. Facebook)? Sure anyone can be a journalist, but unless Facebook's algorithms like what you're writing you might as well be yelling at a wall. I think the internet's golden age of information freedom is quickly coming to a close with the re-centralization of content publishing and discovery into a handful massive, privately-owned platforms.

rm_-rf_slash 9y ago

I think the Internet and competition from social media has made journalism better, as you can no longer buy up every local paper when Twitter and Facebook and Blogger make journalists out of anybody, and as a result the news companies have to work extra hard to justify their subscriptions. In addition, mainstream US newspaper subscriptions have been booming since the election with readers demanding unprecedented oversight over this new administration and its addiction to blatant lying. In a way, fake news made real newspapers great again.

AlexandrB 9y ago
> I think the Internet and competition from social media has made journalism better, as you can no longer buy up every local paper when Twitter and Facebook and Blogger make journalists out of anybody, and as a result the news companies have to work extra hard to justify their subscriptions. Why would you need to buy up anything when you own the entire platform people consume their news on (e.g. Facebook)? Sure anyone can be a journalist, but unless Facebook's algorithms like what you're writing you might as well be yelling at a wall. I think the internet's golden age of information freedom is quickly coming to a close with the re-centralization of content publishing and discovery into a handful massive, privately-owned platforms.