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Wait, what? If the world stayed the same, there wouldn't be anything novel to cover. The survival of journalism is inherently motivated by a need to keep thing
by eganist 8y ago
Wait, what? If the world stayed the same, there wouldn't be anything novel to cover.
The survival of journalism is inherently motivated by a need to keep things changing, which is why most outlets by-and-large are either progressive or reactionary: it's change either way.
- microdrum 8y agoScience journalists, of whom there are comparatively few, cover new things. Most journalists cover vituperation, politics, and angst.
- some_account 8y agoThey take press releases from Nasa, rewrites them, publishes. Profit.
- manicdee 8y agoFor a car journalist, “new and exciting” is a slightly different interior, or a fresh layout for the expected knobs on the dashboard. When you start doing stuff like removing the binnacle, taking away the gear shift, and switching to a completely new Power train, they can’t cope anymore. They have a vocabulary of a few dozen superlatives, mostly related to internal combustion engines (turbo lag, musical exhaust, roar of a motor under load at full throttle, etc). None of that works anymore. They have to develop an entirely new vocabulary for the hums and whirs of an electric drive train with torque vectoring, full torque at 0 RPM, and no exhaust to modify for truly manly neighbour-waking noises, Electric cars have totally emasculated automotive journalism.