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Now with their new subscription model, publishers like the New York Times are getting more money directly from regular people instead of corporations, so they n

Now with their new subscription model, publishers like the New York Times are getting more money directly from regular people instead of corporations, so they no longer have to please their corporate masters. The past 10 years were some of the darkest years in the history of the media because publishers were totally reliant on corporate funding. Now (very recently) what we're seeing is a reversion to the old model of newspapers being paid for by the people who read them. This is actually what news is supposed to be but we forgot because the past 10 years have messed with our heads.

justtopost 8y ago
I am not sure that helped in this case. Hyperbolic "fake news" claims aside, I have observed a marked, and downward, shift in nuance when NYT covers most hot-button issues. I find myself looking for other sources first now. They just seem to have created a self-funding bubble. I find it unfortunate, as a majority of their reporting is still stellar.
- jondubois 8y ago
  All news is fake to some extent. I think that so-called 'fake news' is good because it allows people to expose themselves to two extreme opposite views. If people want to live in a filter bubble then they can go ahead and do that but it's nice to at least have the option to see alternative views. I think that there is often a grain of truth behind fake news. If people feel that they're getting screwed over by the system and then an article comes along and tells them "you're getting screwed by the system, this is why...", even if the reason is a poorly researched guesstimate, it's still much more useful in terms of driving social change than articles that just say "the economy is booming, low unemployment all around, everything is great...".
- turtlecloud 8y ago
  Nytimes has gotten too liberal. They are alienating all the Americans that don’t live in big cities. Their anti Trump agenda is also too obvious.
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justtopost 8y ago

I am not sure that helped in this case. Hyperbolic "fake news" claims aside, I have observed a marked, and downward, shift in nuance when NYT covers most hot-button issues. I find myself looking for other sources first now. They just seem to have created a self-funding bubble. I find it unfortunate, as a majority of their reporting is still stellar.

jondubois 8y ago
All news is fake to some extent. I think that so-called 'fake news' is good because it allows people to expose themselves to two extreme opposite views. If people want to live in a filter bubble then they can go ahead and do that but it's nice to at least have the option to see alternative views. I think that there is often a grain of truth behind fake news. If people feel that they're getting screwed over by the system and then an article comes along and tells them "you're getting screwed by the system, this is why...", even if the reason is a poorly researched guesstimate, it's still much more useful in terms of driving social change than articles that just say "the economy is booming, low unemployment all around, everything is great...".
turtlecloud 8y ago
Nytimes has gotten too liberal. They are alienating all the Americans that don’t live in big cities. Their anti Trump agenda is also too obvious.
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