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> Kind of funny how the NYT publishes the original story to generate outrage The older I get, I realize that more often than not, these companies don't report
by qubax 8y ago
> Kind of funny how the NYT publishes the original story to generate outrage
The older I get, I realize that more often than not, these companies don't report the news, they create/generate/manufacture the news. Half the time, news is actually a manufactured product for consumption no different than a movie or a song and the other half, it's political advocacy. There isn't much news in the news industry.
> then after successfully doing so to an extent, cherry-picks examples of the outrage in order to generate yet another article that is apparently worth publishing.
And voila, they are bumped to the frontpage every single time. It's like watching a world class magician ply their trade.
- oh-kumudo 8y agoExactly. This is opinion engineering. They take an event, look at it, find the angle that is most likely to solicit responses from their readers. With that narrative in mind, they would go on to produce the story, weaved it a way to appear like that their account is what actually happened.
- ve55 8y agoWell-said. Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_Me,_I%27m_Lying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_Me,_I%27m_Lying