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What is up with todays journalism? Long meandering stories where the meat (facts/news) is hidden or completely left out. Does someone have a TLDR?
by exceptione 8y ago
What is up with todays journalism? Long meandering stories where the meat (facts/news) is hidden or completely left out.
Does someone have a TLDR?
- protonimitate 8y agoNew Yorker isn't typical journalism in that they focus more on long-form think pieces. Getting a TLDR of a New Yorker piece kind of defeats the purpose.
- ferongr 8y agoLong form pieces are nice but most of New Yorker's stuff read like student essays padded to meet a quota.
- benbreen 8y agoAs someone in the process of grading 50 undergrad essays, I respectfully disagree! I read the WSJ and NYT for short form news. But the New Yorker does something else entirely and, in my view, continues to do it very, very well.
- asdfman123 8y ago"Today's journalism"? It's called long-form journalism, and it's a format for people with longer attention spans who like to read. If you don't like it, you probably shouldn't read New Yorker articles.
- exceptione 8y agoOk. I like to read novels, but when you want to inform me about the status of baldness treatments I rather like you to be to the point. But I get this is the saucage making for the New Yorker. Unfortunately, this had become a trend. So ok, then just not for me.
- unimpressive 8y agoThis isn't a news story, it's a profile piece describing the mood and state of an industry. There's no one central focus, it's more meant to express a mood and variety of small developments rather than one big development.