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The problem is this: It is profitable to report on such things. Outrage sells. The UK (and I assume others) suffer horribly because of the death throws of prin
by KaiserPro 9y ago
The problem is this:
It is profitable to report on such things. Outrage sells. The UK (and I assume others) suffer horribly because of the death throws of print media. The dailymail would lead with every big ISIS video, simply because people would visit their site.
Until the link between peddling/stirring outrage and profits is severed, we will continue to have problems like this.
- flurdy 9y agoThe media, especially in the UK, also hound victims' families for profit. In the past with the infamous phone-hacking scandal, and this week chasing families of the missing (in this sad case later confirmed fatality). I can avoid reading such journalism but the vast population is attracted to car crashes and will look. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hacking_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hacki... [2]https://twitter.com/danhett/status/866960257150529536 https://twitter.com/danhett/status/866960257150529536