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> Would Weinstein still be preying, if an open Web hadn't made an end-run around mainstream media and their "pulled" stories? The Harvey Weinstein story initia

by comex 9y ago

> Would Weinstein still be preying, if an open Web hadn't made an end-run around mainstream media and their "pulled" stories? The Harvey Weinstein story initially broke via articles published in the New York Times and New Yorker, which are pretty much as mainstream as it gets, so… probably not? Is there something I’m missing?

tgragnato 9y ago
Traditional "mainstream" media are not dead, but they struggled to keep up with the challenge imposed by the new media. Readership habits changed: free content, physical vs virtual, advertisement model ... Journalistic freedom and space found (self-censorship) in the mainstream media are directly or indirectly affected by this. How many articles have not been published in the past because of the relationships with advertisers? (Hollywood is a big player in this) Now there's a different barrier for stories to get published. Sometimes it's a better thing, other times it's not.