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I agree. In addition to this I think that - since getting clicks is the business model - they will move towards publishing content that gets more people to clic
by raarts 8y ago
I agree. In addition to this I think that - since getting clicks is the business model - they will move towards publishing content that gets more people to click, enraging being the most profitable form of engaging. This has resulted in articles that put more value on getting an emotional response from as many people as possible, than putting out an honest, balanced and fact-checked news story.
A good example of this would be the recent slandering of PewDiePie. And he debunked that quite effectively on his channel which has 83 million subscribers. This resulted in many people now looking at Vox, Buzzfeed with suspicion.
Personally I went through a similar process when people I care about asked me what I thought of Jordan Peterson and I started looking into him, which for me ended in changing a lot of my views on the mainstream media. Which I now look at with a very suspicious eye.